SS Quiz

Scientific Revolution

• a period of great sorrow

• a period of great advances, 1500-1700

• a method of research

• an uprising that takes place in from 1500-1700

Sir Francis Bacon

• 1589-1645, Invented refracting telescope

• 1546-1674, developed the heliocentric model

• 1561-1626, developed scientific method theories of proof, observation, and experimentation

• 1596-1650, Nothing should be accepted as truth unless given clearance

Galileo Galilei

• Designed laws of motion

• Italian Scientist and mathematician 1564-1642

• Believed the moon and planets were physical bodies

• Made improvements to the telescope

Scientific Method

• Data gathered and hypothesis formed

• identify problem

• Tested

• a method of research

Hypothesis

• An explanation a scientist develops

• Instrument used to measure wind speed

• A solution that a scientist proposes to solve a problem

• Earth and planets revolve around the Sun

Rene Descartes

• Modern-day father of art

• 1596-1650, French philosopher. Nothing should be accepted as truth unless given clearance. "I think therefore, I am."

• 1564-1591, designed the laws of gravity

• 1674-1699, Believed that the Earth revolved around the moon

Sir Isaac Newton

• 1643-1727, designed laws of motion and gravity, invented reflecting telescope

• 1561-1626, developed the scientific method

• 1564-1642, made improvements to the telescope

• 1546-1601, developed geocentric theory

Tycho Brahe

• 1546-1601, Danish nobleman who believed in geocentric theory and charted positions of stars

• "I think therefore I am."

• 1564-1642, Italian scientist who believed that the moon and other planets were physical bodies

• 1561-1626, developed the scientific method: theories with proof, observation, and experimentation

Alchemy

• A word used to describe a chemist

• a philosophy of discovering methods for transmitting metals into gold

• Theory used to describe the universe

• An optical instrument

Telescope

• What Ulysses used to break down the castle walls

• Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure

• Optical instrument, 2 different types; reflecting and refracting

• Instrument used to detect gold.