Part 1
What is a cartographer?
A mapmaker
What is gravity?
Gravity is the force that attracts objects to each other.
What is a theory?
A theory is a possible explanation for a set of facts.
What does the term mechanics refer to?
Mechanics is the study of objects in motion.
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What does the term recant mean?
Recant means to take back something that was said
Name and explain Ptolemy's theory about the Earth and the universe:
Geocentric theory, Earth is the center of the universe. (geo means Earth)
What is the Scientific Method?
Step-by-step instructions for performing experiments
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Name and explain Copernicus’ theory about the Earth and the universe:
Heliocentric theory, the Sun is the center of the universe. (helio means sun)
What is a hypothesis?
An explanation that can be tested.
Which two figures combined to create the scientific method and how many steps does the scientific method have?
Bacon and Descartes created this 6 step method.
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What is another word for oval?
Elliptical is another word for oval.
How many laws did Isaac Newton discover and what were they?
4 laws: 1 law of Gravity and 3 laws of Motion.
Describe Galileo’s experiment from Leaning Tower of Pisa and the outcome of the experiment:
Galileo dropped two objects of different weights, the objects landed at the same time, which showed a constant rate at which all objects fall
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Nicholas Copernicus's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution:
Copernicus wrote a book about the sun being the center of the universe (heliocentric theory). This started the Scientific Revolution.
Galileo Galilei's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution:
Galileo did experiments in mechanics, he discovered a formula for the constant rate at which objects fall.
Johannes Kepler's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution:
Kepler discovered the planets moved in an elliptical orbit.
Sir Isaac Newton's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution:
Newton’s main contribution was his Four Laws, 1 Law of Gravity, and 3 Laws of Motion.
Rene Descartes' main contribution to the Scientific Revolution:
Descartes' main contribution was the idea of requiring proof before believing something. “I think, therefore I am”
Why did people begin questioning classical knowledge during the Scientific Revolution?
Classical knowledge was challenged because observations showed that many classical theories were wrong.
Francis Bacon's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution:
Bacon’s main contribution was a systematic process for experiments.
Describe in complete sentences how the Scientific Revolution was different from the Renaissance:
The Renaissance was a time when learning was based on classical knowledge.
The Scientific Revolution was a time when experiments disproved many classical knowledge theories and people figured out the world on their own.