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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
VOCABULARY WORD: Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
What is Data
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

She created an illustrated book of European insects, moths, and butterflies.

What is Maria Sibylla Merian

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 studies the stars, planets, and space.

What is an astronomer

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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 Francis Bacon- he believed in testing and throwing out everything that had NOT been tested.

What is the Scientific Method

300

She is known for finding a more proper formula for Kinetic Energy and making corrections on Galileo's Hypothesis.

What is Gabrielle Emilie Du Chatelet

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 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.

What is Johannes Kepler

400

Who invented the water thermometer?

What is Galileo Galilei

400

The first woman to discover a comet.

What is Maria Winkelmann

400
A proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. Guessing.
What is Hypothesis
400

Anti-church teachings

What is heresy

500

She proposed the mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first computer programmer.

What is Ada Lovelace

500

This book gave a better and more advanced solution for Kepler's Problem.

What is Urania Propitia

500

Helped to make some of the major ideas of the Scientific Revolution popular by publishing two books on areas that were lacking in terms of discoveries.

What is Margaret Cavendish

500

Knowledge that comes from reason (thinking)

What is rationalism

500

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

What is Inventions