Scientific Revolution Vocabulary

Question 1

Scientific Revolution

Answer 1

Period of significant advancement in Science/ Philosophy. (1500-1600s) which led to modern science. Using observation/ rational thought to understand the world.

Question 2

Renaissance

Answer 2

Cultural rebirth that started in Italy (1200s)

Question 3

Humanism

Answer 3

Belief that people are rational, should use reasoning to solve problems

Question 4

Aristotle

Answer 4

Greek philospher/ Geocentric (earth in center of universe)

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Ptolemy

Answer 5

Greek astronomer (earth was fixed spot/everything orbited around it)

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Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 6

Renaissance artist

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Copernicus

Answer 7

Heliocentric (sun was the center of the universe)

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Newton

Answer 8

Set the foundation for calculus and gravity

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Galileo

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Invented the telescope

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Kepler

Answer 10

Came up with laws of planetary motion

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Brahe

Answer 11

inventor/astronomer/ mathematician

Question 12

Telescope

Answer 12

detailed observation of the sky

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Heliocentric

Answer 13

Sun is at the center of the universe

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Elliptical

Answer 14

Oval-shaped orbit

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Laws of Planetary Motion

Answer 15

1. Each planet orbits the sun in an ellipse
2. Planets move with irregular pace
3. The closer a planet is to the Sun, the shorter it takes to orbit the Sun

Question 16

Gravity

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A force which a large object of matter pulls objects towards its center

Question 17

Calculus

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the study of rate of change

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Laws of Objects in Motion

Answer 18

1. An object will stay the same unless acted upon by a different force
2. Force = Mass x Acceleration
3. When you push an object into another object, it exerts equal and opposite force on the first object