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100

He came up with the idea that the sun is in the middle of the universe

What is Nicolaus Copernicus

100

An instrument designed to make distant objects appear closer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors it does just that. Generally used to look out into space.

What is Telescope

100

This organization lost power due to the Protestant reformation, and helped lead to the Scientific Revolution

The Catholic Church

100

In the history of science, there was a period when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry... really came along.

What is The Scientific Revolution

100

The action or process of being found.

What is Discovery

200

He improved the telescope, described the path of projectiles, an object that is fired or launched, found out that the moon’s surface is rough and uneven, he discovered 4 moons around Jupiter, and he also studied Venus and found out that like the moon Venus also had different phases which made him realized that since Venus had phases like the moon then it must be traveling around the sun.

What is Galileo Galilei

200

An instrument used for looking at very small objects, typically magnified several hundred times.

What is Microscope

200

Considered to be the most successful scientist

Who is Galaleio

200

A method of procedure that has described natural science since the 17th century. The steps for this method are, ask a Question, research, make a hypothesis, experiment, and make a conclusion.

What is The Scientific Method

200

A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

What is Scientist

300

He discovered the laws of gravitation. His law of universal gravitation states that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. He is also the person that figured all of that out after an apple fell on his head.

What is Isaac Newton

300

Invented by Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel it is like an underwater boat.

What is Submarine

300

Considered as the second most successful scientist

Who is Issac Newton

300

The word for the idea that the earth is in the center of the universe.

What is Geocentric

300

The idea that the sun is in the center of the universe.

What is Heliocentric

400

He created the idea of freedom of speech.

Who is Voltaire?

400

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. It was invented by Evangelista Torricelli

What is Barometer

400

This animal was mistaken as a Tibetan Mastiff  by a Chineese family.

What is a black bear

400

A proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. Guessing.

What is Hypothesis

400

Theory from John Locke 

What are Natural Rights

500

He improved Copernicus's theory, that the sun is in the center of the universe, and figured out that the orbits of the planets aren't actually circular but ellipse. Had a NASA mission named after him.

What is Johannes Kepler

500

The method Jean-Baptiste Denys invents that transfer blood or blood components from one donor to the recipient ( receiver)

What is Method for blood transfusing.

500

32 feet per second per second is the constant for what natural force

What is gravity

500

The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon... ex. The path that the planets take around the sun.

What is Orbits

500

Something, typically a process or device, that has been created or constructed.

What is Inventions