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What is step 1 of the scientific method?
designing an experiment
measuring data
forming a hypothesis
state a question or problem
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Approach to scientific investigation using reason, observation, and experimentation.
hypothesis
scientific method
Scientific Revolution
heliocentric theory
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From what sources did scholars in the Middle Ages get their ideas?
questioning traditional ideas
Bible
the teachings of Aristotle
personal observation
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English scientist who invented calculus and developed the theory of gravity.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Rene Descartes
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The Scientific Method lets one scientist repeat another's experiment. Why is this important?
allows for improvements in science communication
others can test a scientist's conclusions
encourages children to get interested in science
helps colleges train more people to become scientists
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what was robert Boyles chief scientific intrest
physics
neuro
Chemistry
life science
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French philosopher who supported rationalism and found truth in "I think, therefore I am".
Johannes Kepler
Sir Frances Bacon
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
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The force of attraction between all masses in the universe.
gravity
rationalism
mass
hypothesis
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The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
scientific method
gravity
heliocentric theory
geocentric theory
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The Scientific Revolution changed the way people
produced goods
thought about nature
organized governments
printed books
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Tycho Brahe...
wrote The Structure of the Human Body
invented the 3 laws of planetary motion
developed powerful microscopes
built the best observatory in Europe
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Maria Winkelmann made her contributions in the field of:
biology
natural history
astronomy
medicine
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What did Rene Descartes say must be done to gain knowledge that was certain?
Doubt every statement until it is proven true with faith
Doubt every statement until it is proven false with faith
Accept every statement as true
Doubt every statement until it is proven true with logic
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Kepler added support to Copernicus's theory by
publishing the theory in a book that many people read
writing mathematical laws that described how planets move
showing that using the theory would improve safety at sea.
inventing a device for seeing the night sky more accurately
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German astronomer, supported the heliocentric theory, proved planets follow elliptical orbits.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
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The English philosopher who proposed the scientific method.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Sir Frances Bacon
Rene Descartes
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Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
He developed the theory of gravity, light/color, the laws of motion.
He used the telescope to prove the heliocentric theory.
He used the microscope to discover cells,
He developed laws of chemistry regarding gas.
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Francis Bacon changed the way Europeans viewed the world by
outlining a method to gain knowledge based on observation
recording the positions of stars and planets in the sky
translating the works of important Muslim scientists
inventing a piece of equipment to study very small objects
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Newton's book
Principia
described three laws of
motion
aritmetic
mapmaking
logic
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Italian astronomer, improved/utilized the telescope, supported Copernicus=conflict with the Catholic Church
Sir Frances Bacon
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
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The belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.
gravity
geocentric theory
heliocentric threory
scientific method
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Who discovered that Jupiter has moons, proving the heliocentric theory?
Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
Galileo
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What did Sir Francis Bacon base his method of learning on?
The Catholic CHurch
The Bible
Superstition
Observation
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Which form of technology allowed Galileo to make new discoveries?
the windmill
the astrolabe
the compass
the telescope
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Who came up with deductive reasoning?
Voltaire
Rousseau
Michel Montaigne
Rene Descartes
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The Catholic Church objected to Galileo's work because the Church taught that
Earth was the center of the universe
nobody except priests should study the heavens
non-religious teachings must be neglected without discussion
moons had been created for other planets as well as Earth
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Tycho Brahe believed what about the sun?
It wasn't a star
It revolved around the earth
That it was the center of the universe
It revolved around the moon
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The period when European scholars questioned classical scientific ideas and Christian beliefs
heliocentric theory
Scientific Revolution
scientific method
geocentric theory
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The idea that people should use reason to understand the world.
scientific method
rationalism
hypothesis
logic
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Why is William Harvey important?
He discovered astronomy
He gave freedom to other religions
He discovered circulation of blood
Convinced that people don't have to wait for god and you should live by law
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The invention of the microscope changed how people study
planets
weather
chemicals
disease
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The Inquisition was:
A science experiment
A space mission
Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation
Religious courts set up by the Catholic Church
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The Ptolemaic System, which was challenged by Copernicus...
was based upon scientology
was based upon a geocentric universe
was rejected by the church
placed the sun at the center of the universe
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What did Robert Hooke do?
noticed single celled organisms and called them animacules
discovered the nucleus of atoms
discovered the first virus
noticed tiny structures in cork and named them cells
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Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric theory.
Sir Frances Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
