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Ancient Greek and Modern Science
Galileo
Newton
Darwin
Curie and Einstein
100
What study led to modern science?
Philosophy
100
Name one branch of science that Galileo studied.
Physics, astronomy
100
Name one branch of science that Newton studied.
Newton studied physics, mathematics, and astronomy
100
What branch of science did Darwin study?
Biology
100
Name one of the branches of science that Curie studied.
Physics and chemistry
200
What were the elements that the Ancient Greeks believed in?
Earth, air, fire, and water
200
What tool did Galileo improve?
The telescope
200
Newton described the three laws of...
...motion
200
What century did Darwin live in, 1600s, 1700s, or 1800s?
1800s
200
Fill in the blank: "Curie gave us the theory of ____________."
radioactivity
300
What did the ancient Greeks believe was the center of the universe?
The Earth
300
Name one specific thing that Galileo studied.
The planets, gravity
300
Newton is considered by many to be...
...the most important scientist of all time.
300
Darwin showed that all living things have done what over time?
evoloved
300
What is Einstein best known for?
The theory of relativity
400
What did Ancient Greeks think have different laws of motion than the Earth?
The other planets
400
Galileo has been called...
“the Father of Modern Science”
400
What century was Newton born in, the 1500s, 1600s, or 1700s?
1600s
400
Fill in the blank in this statement: "Darwin’s __________________ remains one of the basic ideas of biology."
theory of evolution
400
What famous equation did Einstain discover?
E=mc²
500
Around what year did modern science begin?
1500
500
Finish this quote: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered"...
..."the point is to discover them.”
500
What is the missing word in this quote: “To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of _____ lie undiscovered before me.”
truth
500
Finish this quote: “I love fools’ experiments. I am"...
..."always making them.”
500
Finish this quote: “A man should look for what is, and not for"...
..."what he thinks should be.”