Part 1
The founder of modern physics.
James Clerk Maxwell
He discovered the Law of Mass Conservation.
Lavoisier
He developed the idea of spontaneous generation.
Aristotle
Double Jeopardy: Spontaneous Generation
The idea that _______ ___________ can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.
What lesson can we learn from the fact that scientific progress stalled during the Dark Ages?
The progress of science depends on government and culture.
He was one of the first scientists.
Thales
Darwin
He is known as the single greatest scientist of all time.
Newton
Science
A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of _______ ____ in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.
What caused scientific progress to move forward again towards the end of the Dark Ages?
A Christian worldview caused science to progress at the end of the Dark Ages.
He collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system, but he was forced to recant belief in it.
Galileo
Democritus
He determined how traits are passed on during reproduction.
Mendel
Papyrus
A primitive form of _______, made from the long-leafed plant of the same name.
What lesson can we learn from the fact that the idea of spontaneous generation was believed for so long despite the evidence against it?
We should believe scientific ideas because of evidence, not because of the people who believe in them.
He proposed the geocentric system.
Ptolemy
He was considered the first modern scientist.
Grosseteste
He determined the first law of thermodynamics.
Joule
Spontaneous Generation
The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from ____-________ substances.
Charles Darwin
He had two theories of relativity and was big in quantum mechanics.
Einstein
Double Jeopardy: He proposed the heliocentric system.
Copernicus
He developed the first detailed atomic theory. He became known as the founder of modern atomic theory.
Dalton
Science
A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate _______ ____ about the natural world.
Final Jeopardy: He is best known for his model of the atom. It was named after him, and it revealed many of the atom's mysteries.
Bohr