Astronomy
This theory states that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of the solar system.
Heliocentric Theory
Biologists discovered that the heart, and not this organ, is the starting point for blood circulation.
Liver
Robert Boyles is from this country.
Ireland
Francis Bacon, a philosopher, made this important contribution to scientific experiments.
Scientific Method
Galileo was punished by the Catholic Church for his discoveries through…
House Arrest
Nicolaus Copernicus suggested that the Earth does not only revolve around the Sun, but it rotates on this.
Axis
What English biologists discovered that the heart is the starting point for blood circulation.
William Harvey
According to Boyles’ Law, as volume decreases, this increases.
Pressure Increases
Rene Descartes is from this country.
In the geocentric theory, this lies beyond the Sun in a fixed location.
Stars
Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity states that the amount of gravitational force depends on distance and this.
Mass
Andreas Vesalius is Flemish. What country is he from?
Belgium
While Boyles was the first to define the word “element,” Lavoisier organized elements onto this.
First Periodic Table
What is Descartes's often-quoted phrase regarding existence?
"I think, therefore I am"
The major astronomers of the Scientific Revolution held this profession
Teachers
Copernicus is from this country
Poland
Vesalius used these people for dissection to better understand the function of organs.
Executed Criminals
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier is from this country.
France
What term, coined by Descartes, suggests that reason is the source of knowledge.
Rationalism
The year in which Ptolemy’s geocentric theory and Galen’s medical discoveries both took place.
140 or 2nd century
Johannes Kepler proved that the planets do not revolve around the Sun in perfect circles. Instead, they revolve in these oval-shaped patterns.
Ellipse(s)
Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
Arteries
Lavoisier created this law regarding creation and destruction of mass.
Law of Conservation of Mass
This type of reasoning, from specific to general information, was used by Bacon.
Inductive Reasoning
2 of Galileo’s four major discoveries.
- Mountains and craters on moon
- Moons of Jupiter
- Sunspots
- Milky Way made up of stars
- Saturn's rings