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The church leaders and Aristotle
What was the main source of scientific knowledge before the Scientific Revolution?
100
Copernicus
Who discovered that the Earth rotated on its axis?
100
The telescope
What device was used to observe space from a distance?
100
The Bible
What was the main source of knowledge for the Church?
100
Heliocentric
What was the word that said the sun was the center of the universe?
200
Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes.
Who were the two men that influenced the scientific method?
200
It was not smooth and was rough and uneven. A telescope is an invention that allows you to see objects in the distance up close.
What did Galileo discover about the moon when he observed it through his telescope? Define telescope.
200
Al-Ljliya and it was used for Navigation and Constellation time.
Who created the Astrolabe and what was it used for?
200
Heresy
What would the Church accuse people of if they said something that did not agree with Church teachings?
200
Geocentric means that the Earth is the center of the universe and other planets orbit around it.
Define the word geocentric.
300
He was a Polish astronomer that had a theory that the sun was the center of the universe?
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
300
He filled a glass tube with mercury and placed it upside down. He found that over the days it did not stay at the same height and changed depending on the pressure in the atmosphere.
How did Evangelista Torricelli discover the barometer could measure changes in pressure in the atmosphere.
300
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and he was the first man to see bacteria. A microscope is a tool that allows you to see small objects in a larger scale.
Who invented the microscope and what was he the first man to see? Define microscope.
300
The church leaders accused Galileo of heresy because they were threatened that people would start believing in the heliocentric theory and people would doubt the Church's teachings.
Why did the church leaders accuse Galileo of heresy?
300
It is the curved path of an object that continuously goes around a star, moon or planet.
What does it mean for something to orbit another thing?
400
Galileo, and it was about an imaginary conversation between two people discussing the Copernican and Ptolemy.
Who wrote a book called Dialogue on the 'Two Chief World Systems' and what was it about?
400
All objects have a force of attraction between them and the force of the attraction varies depending on the distance adn masses of the objects.
What is Isaac Newton's Law of Gravity?
400
Cat Guts
What was used for stitches in the hospital, that was developed by Al-Zahrawi?
400
Thinkers like Thomas Aquinas had combined his theories with Catholic teachings and from then on. The fact that the geocentric theory was correct was because that it had been taught and approved by the Church.
Why were the church officials okay with Aristotle's theories?
400
Create a problem, make a hypothesis, conduct an experiment to the hypothesis, then record the data and results of the experiment.
What were the steps to a scientific method?
500
Newton was trying to figure out why the moon orbited the Earth and why didn't it just fly off into space in one direction. He discovered the Law of Gravity and the Law of Motion.
When Issac Newton saw the apple fall what was he trying to figure out and what did he discover?
500
Al-Jazari and it was powered with water.
Who made the Elephant Clock and how was it powered?
500
The barometer measures changes in pressure and the thermometer displayed the temperature.
What were two instruments that measured the pressure in the atmosphere and another that could read temperature?
500
During this time the Church was very powerful and if the church officials found out you did something against the Church you would be excommunicated, burned on the stake, put on the rack etc. People did not want to get punished or isolated.
Why were people afraid to challenge the Church and disagree with it?
500
Rationalism is believing that logical thinking and thoughts are the primary source of knowledge. The Greek influenced many people.
Define rationalism and who were the people that influenced many thinkers with their rationalism?