Vocabulary
Copernicus & Kepler
100
He proved Copernicus was right and calculated the orbit of the planets proving they orbit in an ellipse, not a circle.
Who was Johannes Kepler?
100
Fought against Copernicus and Kepler's ideas.
Who was the Church?
200
In 1543 he published a book explaining his theory that the sun was the center of the universe.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
200
Created this design for the universe.
Who was Ptolemy?
300
Proved gravity existed and published the Universal Laws of Gravitation.
Who was Isaac Newton?
300
He drew this design for the universe.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
400
He built a telescope and discovered Jupiter's moons, proving that Copernicus was correct.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
400
This person said planets orbited in a circle.
Who was Aristotle?
500
Studied anatomy by dissecting human bodies and published his drawings beginning the study of modern anatomy.
Who was Andreas Vesalius?
500
The name of the universe model where the sun is in the center.
What is heliocentric?