Definitions
An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.
What is Science?
When one or more substances interact to form one or more new substance.
What is a Chemical Reaction?
The main goal of the alchemists was to turn lead into _______________..
What is gold?
Thought to be the world's first "real scientists"
Who are the ancient Greeks?
Alchemists tried to turn lead into this substance.
What is gold?
An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name.
What is Papyrus?
A change in one or more substances that does not create any new substances
What is a physical reaction?
Ancient Egyptian scientists made scientific discoveries mostly through __________ and ____________.
What is trial and error?
Anaximenes, Leucippus, and Democritus built upon one another's ideas to propose this idea.
What is "All matter is composed of atoms?"
He had two theories of relativity and was really big into quantum mechanics
Who is Albert Einstein?
The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.
What is Spontaneous generation?
The attempt to find a means by which lead, or some other inexpensive substance, could be transformed into gold.
What is Alchemy?
This scientist collected a lot of data to support the Heliocentric system but was forced to recant it
Who is Galileo?
This scientist destroyed the idea of the Immutability of a species (unchangeable genetics.)
Who is Charles R. Darwin?
Isaac Newton believed this subject to be closely linked to science.
What is math?
The belief that the sun is at the center of everything and that the planets travel around the sun
What is Heliocentric system?
We should believe scientific ideas when they are supported by ____________.
What is Evidence?
One of the greatest scientists of all time, he laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity, and invented calculus.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The type of world view that began to replace the Roman world view towards the end of the dark ages
What is Christian?
The 2 main things that scientific progress depends on besides scientists
What is government and culture?
The belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe and that the planets and stars orbit about the earth in a series of circles
What is Geocentric system?
Louis Pasteur laid the foundation for most of today’s _____________________.
What is vaccines?
This scientist developed a process called pasteurization which is now used in store bought milk
Who is Louis Pasteur?
He demonstrated the First Law of Thermodynamics.
Who is James Joule?
This scientist known is for giving us a much better understanding of electricity and magnetism. He was often referred to as "The Electric Giant"
Who is Michael Faraday?