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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

This tool aides in helping cure diseases.

What is the telescope?

100

The study of the stars and planets.

What is astronomy?

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

More contact with these people led to many inventions in the area of Math.

What are Muslims?

200

These laws apply to objects in the real world and have allowed us to do things like simulate car collisions, navigate spacecraft, and play billiards really well.

What are the 3 Laws of Motion?

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

This tool measures temperature.

What is a thermometer?

300

This allowed the observation of planetary movements.

What is the telescope?

300

These people believed that the Earth was the center of universe. 

Who are the Greeks?

400

The scientist most responsible for developing the Scientific Method.

Who is Johannes Kepler.

400
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. It was invented by Evangelista Torricelli
What is Barometer
400

Why did Galileo drop two balls of different weights from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

What is to prove that gravity was constant?

400

The place where Galileo dropped two balls of different weights from the top of

What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

500

An early scientist was the first to theorize that the planets moved in elliptical orbits,

Who is Johannes Kepler?

500

This is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions

What is the Scientific Method?

500

Isaac Newton wondered: What kept the moon orbiting Earth, and Earth and the other planets orbiting the sun? This led him to the discovery of what

What is universal gravity?

500
Something, typically a process or device, that has been created or constructed.
What is Inventions