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1. How did the Catholics punish Galileo for his work? HE WAS FORCED
TO SAY THAT HE WAS WRONG
2. What did Franklin do? SHOWED THAT LIGHTNING WAS A FORM
OF STATIC ELECTRICITY
3. Who said that the Earth was the center of the universe? PTOLEMY
4. Who proved the ideas of Copernicus to be correct? KEPLER
5. What work did Harvey do? THE HEART AND THE BLOOD SYSTEM
6. Who created the word electricity? GILBERT
7. Which scientist explained the force of Gravity? NEWTON
8. Who invented the pendulum clock? HUYGENS
9. This scientist created the first telescope? VAN LEEUWENHOEK
10.Who made the first mercury thermometer? FAHRENHEIT
11.Who studied human anatomy? VESALIUS
12. Which scientist invented analytical geometry? DESC
13.ARTES
14.Who developed the Scientific Method? BACON
15.Who first proved that objects on Earth drop at the same rate? GALILEO
16. What do scientist calls controlled scientific test? AN EXPERIMENT
17.Whose theory did Copernicus prove to be wrong? ARISTOTLE
18. What do we call an educated guess? A HYPOTHESIS
19.What scientist explained why objects have color? NEWTON
20.What is another name for a predictable pattern? A LAW
21.What are the five steps to the Scientific Method?
1. DECIDE THE PROBLEM
2. MAKE A HYPOTHESIS
3. CONDUCT AN EXPERIMENT
4. OBSERVATION
5. DRAW CONCLUSIONS
22.What was Galileo’s Great Discovery? THAT THE EARTH TRAVELS
AROUND THE SUN BY USING A TELESCOPE
23.Why did the Catholic Church condemn him? HIS IDEAS WENT
AGAINST THE WAY THAT THE CHURCH HAD TAUGHT FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
24.What is another name for a church court? THE INQUISITION