Vocabulary
To discover new things in science, people use the scientific method. What are the five steps?
Observe, Hypothesize, Predict, Test, Modify
What is Rationalism?
Using logic to form opinions
Anatomy is what?
the study of the human body
What is the smallest "living" organism?
the cell
Telescope
If a bowling ball and marble were dropped from the Empire State building, which would hit first... Explain?
they would hit at the same time
Brilliant scientist who studied Alchemy (turning metals into gold and finding the secret to immortality)
Isaac Newton
Who was the first person to believe in a heliocentric universe?
Copernicus
What was probably the MOST significant invention that helped kick of the scientific revolution?
Microscope
The smallest basic materials that cannot be broken down are called what? Hint, they can be combined to form new things.
elements
What is Heliocentric?
Planets revolve around the sun
Which person is given credit for publishing works and finally proving a heliocentric universe?
Galileo
Isaac Newtons most famous discovery was what?
gravity
Before Science, how did people explain mental illness?
possession, evil spirits
This is responsible for holding the planets together and keeping them in orbit
Gravity
Astronomers
people who study the movement of stars and planets
Before the Scientific Revolution, the Renaissance had a man that was very much a scientist in his own right. He had many inventions and was known as the Renaissance man...
Leonardo Davincie
Johannas Kepler discovered that the planets did what?
moved in ellipses instead of circles
What was Medieval Science based on? How did this change before the Scientific revolution?
Based on religious text, then went to "common sense"
Robert Hook's most famous discovery was what?
the cell