Name that Scientist
While he did not invent the telescope, he greatly improved it
Who is Galileo?
This way of seeing the world influences every scientists' interpretation of data
What is worldview?
He described the Law of Gravity.
Who is Newton?
This is the systematic study of the natural world
What is Science?
The erronous belief that the sun circles the earth
What is the geocentric view?
He developed a process (named after him) that prolongs the time that liquids remain unspoiled
ex: Milk
Who is Pasteur?
This is a reason not to just go along with what a famous scientist says
What is Because he was right before or because I like what they say?
He is known as the father of modern chemistry.
This is an ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name
The erroneous belief that life comes from non life
What is spontaneous generation?
He published a book called Origin of the Species and described a process he called natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This is the time period where there was a focus on rejection of the past and gaining knowledge for oneself.
What is the Enlightenment?
He developed a classification system for all living things.
Who was Linnaeus?
Some materials in nature have atoms that are more tightly packed together than others
What is density?
The futile process by which some attempted to turn lead into gold
What is alchemy?
He was the first scientist to attempt a complete description of the planets and stars. He assumed the Earth was in the center of the universe.
Who was Ptolemy?
It's important to record your work because science depends on the work of these people.
Who are past scientists?
He determined that like matter, energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changes forms. This is known today as the First Law of Thermodynamics. He also has a unit of energy named after him.
Who is James Joule?
Tiny packets of energy, described by Max Plank
What are quanta?
The erroneous idea that all animals as we see them today have always existed in that exact same form
What is immutability of the species?
Unlike Ptolemy, He believed that the sun was center of our planetary system.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
Scientific progress depends not only on scientists but also on these two things
What are government and culture?
He is perhaps the most famous modern scientist, with his famous equation for converting matter to energy.
Who is Einstein?
A spiral whose growth factor increases by a specific amount by every quarter turn it takes
What is a golden spiral?
**THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!**
This process, used by the Egyptians, is not true science because they did not use the scientific method to formulate and test a hypothesis
What is trial and error?