The series of events that led to the birth of modern science
What is Scientific Revolution
100
One of Sir Isaac Newton’s laws that proves “what goes up, must come down”
What is The Law of Gravity
100
Name one reason why the Church was against the new scientific way learning.
What is Science directly contradicted the Church’s teachings, The new thinking weakened the Church and that they people might begin to doubt key elements of the faith
100
The first person to study the sky with a telescope
Who is Galileo Galilei
100
Forerunner of chemistry
What is Alchemy
200
The scientific revolution occurred during this time
What is 1540-1700
200
A scientific instrument that measures air pressure.
What is barometer
200
Rene Descartes was a philosopher from this country
What is France
200
This scientist believes that scientists should observe the world and gather data, or information, about it.
Who is Francis Bacon
200
The explanations scientists develop based on these facts
What is Theories
300
Ancient Greek philosopher who wrote about astronomy and geography
Who is Aristotle
300
The author of On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
300
This scientist was put on trial and tortured for not agreeing with the Church’s teachings.
What is Galileo
300
Scientist who observed that the planets orbited the sun in elliptical patterns
Who is Johannes Kepler
300
This word comes from the Latin word meaning "knowledge" or "understanding"
What is Science
400
Ancient Greek astronomer
Who is Ptolemy
400
Ptolemy's original theory about the universe
What is The earth is the center of the universe
400
These two individuals played a leading role in gaining acceptance of science as the most effective way for learning about the natural world.
Who are Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
400
This scientist believed that nothing should be accepted as true if it wasn't proven to be true
Who is Rene Descartes
400
A step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research
What is Scientific Method
500
People who looked at the world in a rational, or reasonable and logical, way.
What is Rationalists
500
This English scientist identified four theories that described how the physical world works
What is Sir Isaac Newton
500
Name four steps in the scientific method
What is State a problem, gathering information, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, record data, draw conclusions
500
Astronomer who spent most of his life observing the stars and charted the positions of more than 750 of them
Who is Tycho Brahe
500
A solution that the scientist proposes to solve the problem