Scientific revolution vocabulary

Acceleration

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• Relating to the sky or outer space,

• Celestial

• The basis for a system, idea, or theory

• Conquest 

• The act of acquiring control

• Firmament

• An term referring to the sky or heavens

• Foundation

• A scientist who studies celestial bodies

• Astronomer

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• Cultural movement from 14th to 17th

• Motion

• distance between successive wave crests

• Wavelength

• Well-substantiated explanations

• Telescope

• An optical instrument

• Theories

• The process of changing position

• Renaissance

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• An agreement among individuals to form a society

• Retrograde

• Acting primarily in one's own benefit

• Self-Interested 

• The greatest happiness for the greatest number

• State of Nature 

• concept describing human existence

• Utilitarianism

• Moving backward in time

• Social Contract

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• Path of a Planet

• Orbit

• Sun-Centered Model

• Black Hole

• Region of Space with Gravitational Pull

• Polymath

• Light Refraction

• Prism

• Renaissance Thinker

• Heliocentrism

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• Repetitive occurrence

• Periodic 

• Dissemination of research

• Spectral Analysis

• Analysis of light spectra

• Authenticity 

• Returning light

• Reflection

• Validity of claims 

• Publication

Match the following

• Ruler with absolute power

• Tyrant 

• Path of a celestial body

• Gravity

• Response to a stimulus

• Telescope

• Device for viewing distant objects

• Reaction

• Force that attracts objects towards each other

• Orbit

Tags

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• Force attracting objects

• Motion

• Release of a written work

• Publication

• Change in position

• Renaissance

• Period of cultural revival

• Inertia 

• Resistance to change in motion

• Gravity

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• Subject to debate and differing opinions

• Innovation

• Rough and aggressive behavior

• Reflection

• Differences that may lead to conflict

• Brutish 

• Thoughtful consideration of past experiences

• Controversial

• New ideas that drive progress

• Discrepancies

Match the following

• Branch of physics dealing with the universe

• Astronomer

• Mathematics of change

• Calculus

• A collection of works

• Celestial

• Studies celestial objects

• Canon

• Relating to the sky or space

• Astrophysics