Why did Copernious wait to publish his works until the year of his death?

He was afraid of religious leaders reaction.

Define the term Geocentric.

When the earth is the center of the universe.

A soldier who is hired to exterminate someone.

What was Isaac Newton's First law?

An object in motion stays in motion.

What does it mean to be Heliocentric

The Sun is in the center of the universe.

Who was Nicolas Copernious?

a polymath and astronomer. He believed that the planets were heliocentric.

A small piece or small quantity of something.

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1
Did Robert Hooke discover Microorganisms?
False
True
2
cogito, ergo sum, (Latin: “I think, therefore I am) was said by...
Tom Brady
Newton
Descartes
Columbus
3
Why did Copernious wait to publish his works until the year of his death?
He was afraid of religious leaders reaction.
He had anxiety.
He didn't have a publisher.
He parents didn't allow him.
4
Religious leaders believed that the planets were Geocentric
True
False
5
Define the term Geocentric.
When the earth is the center of the universe.
When the moon is in the center of the universe.
When the sun is in the center of the universe.
When Jupiter is in the center of the universe.
6
What era helped pave the way for modern day science?
Renaissance
BC era
Scientific revolution
The revolutionary war
7
Define the term "Alleged"
An investigation.
A claim about something.
A man.
To see something that is not there.
8
Who invented the telescope?
Galileo Galilei
Davinci
Aristotle
Suzy Creamcheese
9
Dogma means fact.
True
False
10
Define Mercanary
To consider
To think.
A fighter
A soldier who is hired to exterminate someone.
11
Who improved on the Microscope?
Rene Descartes
George Washington
Robert Hooke
Isaac Newton
12
What does it mean to be a sceptic?
someone who is doubtful
Someone who is not religious.
Someone who agrees with a statement.
Someone who is religious
13
What was Newton's law based upon?
Motion
Physics
An object in motion tends to stay in motion.
Juggling
14
Define Repugance
High disgust or dislike
Questioned
praise
15
What was Isaac Newton's First law?
Objects will always exist.
An object meets a force that is strong.
All objects have mass.
An object in motion stays in motion.
16
Who wrote the princples of Philosophy
Stan Lee
Nicolas Copernious
Rene Descartes
Isaac Newton
17
What does it mean to be Heliocentric
The Sun is in the center of the universe.
It's hot outside
None of these
Earth is in the center of the universe
18
Define the term Uttered
to run
To speak, make noise
To drink
To jump
19
Who was Nicolas Copernious?
a polymath and astronomer. He believed that the planets were heliocentric.
Father of philosophy. Created the principles of philosophy.
He created the laws of gravitation through several experiments.
A mathematican.
20
Define Ground
A small piece or small quantity of something.
Fields
Solid matter
The ocean

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