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Before the S.R. & Vocabulary
Copernicus/ Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Inventions
100
These guided Europeans' thinking about the natural world during the middle ages.
What are the Bible and the Greek Philosopher Aristotle
100
This is the term for having the sun at the center, which was Copernicus's theory.
What is heliocentric?
100
This was the powerful instrument Galileo built to help him in his research.
What is the telescope?
100
This was Newton's inspiration for discovering the laws of gravity.
What is an apple fell from a tree?
100
This is an instrument which makes small objects appear larger.
What is the microscope?
200
This is the belief in reason and logic to discover basic truths about the world.
What is rationalism?
200
This is the name for the path planets take around other bodies.
What is an orbit?
200
This is an object that is fired or launched, such as a cannonball.
What is a projectile?
200
This was the force explained by the apple falling from the tree.
What is gravity?
200
This is a list of steps scientists take in order to prove a theory.
What is the Scientific Method?
300
In the scientific method, this is another word for the assumption about the problem.
What is hypothesis?
300
This is the shape orbits take, discovered by Kepler.
What is an oval?
300
This is the theory of Aristotle's that Galileo disproved from the tower of Pisa.
What is the theory that larger objects fall faster than smaller objects?
300
This is the book written by Newton that presented the law of gravity and 3 laws of motion.
What is Principia (The Principles)?
300
This is an instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
400
In the scientific method, this is the information produced and measured by the experiment
What is data?
400
This is the German scientist who wrote mathematical laws describing the movements of planets around the sun.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
400
This is the planet that Galileo found going through phases much like the moon.
What is Venus?
400
This is the word meaning the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
400
This is an instrument that measures changes of pressure in the atmosphere.
What is a barometer?
500
This is the early scientist who believed in geocentrism, and that there were only 3 continents.
Who is Ptolemy?
500
This is the organization that attacked Copernicus's theories.
What is the church?
500
This is the book Galileo wrote, which protrayed a geocentric character as foolish.
What is Dialogue?
500
This is the explanation of gravity.
What is all physical objects have a force of attraction, and the strength was based on the location of the objects AND their mass?
500
This is the tiny life found through a microscope by Dutchman, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
What is bacteria?