What was his theory regarding earthquakes?

earthquakes occur when the earth is rocked by waves

How did Thales aim to explain natural phenomena?

rational hypotheses that referenced natural processes

Thales believed what to be true?

everything is made out of the same things

What did Thales believe about water?

everything comes out of water and the earth floats on water

What did Thales attempt to explain?

natural phenomena without mythology

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1
What two religions influenced Thales?
Paganism and Buddhism
Babylonians and Chaldeans
Confucianism and Islamism
Judaism and Christianity
2
What was his theory regarding earthquakes?
earthquakes occur when the earth is rocked by waves
the earth shakes when the weather changes
earthquakes occur when god is angry
volcanoes are erupting
3
How did Thales aim to explain natural phenomena?
through understanding the theory of relativity
by studying the laws of quantum mechanics
rational hypotheses that referenced natural processes
by reading the bible
4
He died at what age due to heat stroke?
67
73
53
78
5
he was acclaimed for predicting...
The theory of a geocentric Universe
The theory of a heliocentric universe
The eclipse of the sun
The apocalypse
6
Thales was a major source of knowledge for which famous Astronomer?
Copernicus
Kepler
Ptolemy
Aristotle
7
Thales discovered how to measure what?
an egyptian pyramid
the ocean
the earth
a roman temple
8
define hylozoist
matter is alive
life exists on other planets
Pluto is not a planet
The sun is a planet
9
Who did he teach that turned into the first Greek philosopher to develop a cosmology
Anaximander
Eratosthenes
Plato
Socrates
10
Thales believed what to be true?
pluto is not a planet
the sun is a god
The earth revolves around the moon
everything is made out of the same things
11
Thales provided a number of explanations about what that usually involved supernatural entities
cosmological events
aliens
the weather
the ocean
12
What did Thales believe about water?
the speed of waves changes the orbit of the planets
the moon is made out of water
everything comes out of water and the earth floats on water
earth has an underground ocean
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Thales was the first known greek...
All of the above
mathematician
philosopher
scientist
14
Where was Thales born in 620 BC?
Miletus Turkey
Rome, Italy
Abydos, Egypt
Mesopotamia
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What was Thales interested in?
The ocean
Space
Physics
Everything
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What did Thales attempt to explain?
why lava comes out of volcanoes
the earth’s underground ocean
natural phenomena without mythology
life on other planets

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