Scientist
The Scientific Method
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Important Info
100

Studied the stars and the planets.

Who is Copernicus?

100

He created this new approach to science.

Who was Francis Bacon?

100

A new way of thinking about the natural world.

What is the Scientific Revolution?

100

 Europeans based their beliefs on the ideas of these ancient cultures.

Who are the Greeks and Romans?

200

Made an early telescope

Who is Galileo?

200

Another name for "Guess" in scientific method

What is hypothesis?

200

Means sun-centered

What is heliocentric?

200

This movement or revolution was based on careful observation and willingness to question old beliefs.

What is the Scientific Revolution?

300

Studied the Law of Gravity

Who is Isaac Newton?

300

It is most important to ______ the hypothesis.

What is test?

300

The earth is at the center of the universe.

What is geocentric?

300

His thinking was based on logic and mathematics.

Who was Rene Descartes?

400

He believed the physical world was made up of smaller components that joined together

Who was Robert Boyle?

400

He was also another scientist who used the scientific method.

Who was Rene Descartes?

400

A movement that emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition.

What is Enlightenment?

400

A very important tool used to look at specimens closely.

What is a microscope?

500

First to use vaccination against smallpox

Who was Edward Jenner?

500

He believed that God created the universe and such natural forces took over.This belief was called deism.

Who is Isaac Newton?

500

The study of the planets, the moon and the stars.

What is astronomy?

500

They forced Galileo to take his statements about moon and the stars back.

What is the catholic Church?