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100
Who made the telescope?
Galileo invented the telescope
100
Who figured out that the sun was in the center of the universe, where the planets orbit around the sun and what was this theory called?
Copernicus discovered that the sun was in the center, and this heliocentric theory
200
What year did Galileo invent the telescope?
In the year 1609
200
Who figured out gravity?
Isaac Newton discovered gravity
300
Who made the first thermometer?
Galileo
300
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit found a new way of measurements that scientists could use to measure temperature. What did he create?
The thermometer.
300
In what year did Galileo create the telescope?
In the year 1609
400
Who made the first microscopes? HINT: Not a specific person
Dutch lens makers
400
How did Isaac Newton discover gravity?
He watched an apple fall, and figured that there was some sort of attraction between the apple and the earth.
400
What are the steps of the scientific method? HINT: There are 5 basic steps. (The simple method by Bacon + Descartes)
1. Sate a question or problem 2. Form a hypothesis, or assumption about the problem/question 3. Design and conduct an experiment to test the hypothesis 4. Measure data, produced by the experiment and record the results 5. Analyze the data to determine if the hypothesis is correct or not.
500
Who created the barometer?
Evangelista Torricelli
500
The scientific method is one of the most useful inventions/discoveries since the scientific revolution. Who are the inventors of the scientific method?
Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
500
When was the first barometer created?
About 1644
500
Copernicus couldn't convince many people about the heliocentric theory, because at that time the church was "right" about everything. What was the punishment if you were to think differently than the church?
It was possible that you could be tortured by the Inquisition. You could confess that you were wrong, or be punished.