Unit 9 Vocab and NearPod Quiz Review

Question 1

Multi-step process that utilizes experiments, observations, & structured reasoning to draw conclusions & gain knowledge

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Scientific Method

Question 2

German astronomer who used math to prove that the planets actually move around the sun in elliptical orbits.

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Johannes Kepler

Question 3

A movement where thinkers used observations and experiments to learn about the world.

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The Scientific Revolution

Question 4

Method of looking at facts and using the facts to reach a conclusion. Developed by, English philosopher, Francis Bacon.

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Inductive Reasoning

Question 5

Italian Astronomer who built an improved microscope and telescope that allowed him to discover four of Jupiter’s moons.

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Galileo Galilei

Question 6

Idea that the Earth is the center of the universe. Greek astronomer Ptolemy, created this model of the known universe.

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Geocentric Theory

Question 7

Declared unfit for use.

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Condemned

Question 8

Ancient Greek astronomer that proposed Earth is the center of the universe & all objects in space circle around it.

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Ptolemy

Question 9

Studied the stars for years and concluded the Earth actually revolves around the sun.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 10

The idea that knowledge is gained by reasoning, not by taking the word of scholars alone.

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Rationalism

Question 11

The idea that the earth revolves around the sun. This idea was first developed by Copernicus.

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Heliocentric Theory

Question 12

Allowing others to pursue their beliefs, even if they differ from your own.

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Tolerance

Question 13

English mathematician that answered questions by discovering the force of gravity and publishing the 3 laws of motion

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Isaac Newton

Question 14

The force that attracts objects to the ground; this was discovered by Newton.

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Gravity

Question 15

English philosopher that developed Inductive Reasoning

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Francis Bacon

Question 16

A body remains either at rest or in motion unless it is affected by some outside force. This is one of...

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Newton’s Laws of Motion

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