Environmental Science Chapter 1

The Hubble space telescoped shows that technology and _________ are closely related.

The law of ____ states that you should choose the simplest of competing theories.

What is the goal of Science?

What was the name of the scientist who proposed the idea that all matter is made up of atoms?

A Scientific ____________ states why something will happen under certain circumstances.

When deciding between competing theories, you should choose the one that makes the fewest...

Finding solutions to practical problems is the goal of

Which of the following technologies did not require an understanding of light or lenses?

A Scientific _____________, states what will happen under certain circumstances

What did Galileo use his telescope for?

What did scientists discover using Newtons Laws of Universal Gravitation?

In general, science advances very quickly.

True or false? Scientific theories are accepted as perfect.

What was Dalton's theory called?

the first telescope was invented by...

A broad explanation that is widely accepted and is supported by a great deal of evidence.

The invention of the microscope led to the discovery of...

Alfred Wegener proposed that the Earth's continents were all pieces of a super continent named

What type of evidence did Wegener provide to support his theory?

Continental drift was first proposed by a scientist named...

Why is a Scientific Theory likely to be a correct explanation for events in nature?

What did Galileo discover using his telescope?

Newtons' proposal that all matter exerts a force of attraction on other matter is called...

___________ knowledge is used to create new technologies.

Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation helped prove that...