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22 Cards in this Set
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Define Science
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An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world
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What is Papyrus and why was it important in the history of Science?
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An ancient form of paper made from a plant of the same name that allowed the Egyptians to more easily record their scientific observations.
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What is spontaneous generation?
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It is the idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances. This theory has been found to be false. No living organisms can come from non-living substances.
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Who was the founder of modern Physics?
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James Clerk Marxwell
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Who is known as 'the first scientist'?
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Thales
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Who supported the heliocentric system but was forced to recant belief in it?
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Galileo
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Who proposed the geocentric system?
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Ptolemy
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Who had two theories of relativity and was big in quantum mechanics?
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Einstein
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Who discovered the Law of Mass Conservation?
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Lavoisier
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Who destroyed the idea of the immutability (unchangableness) of species?
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Darwin
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Who was the ancient Greek scientist who believed in atoms?
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Democritus
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Who was considered the first modern scientist?
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Grosseteste
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Who proposed the heliocentric system?
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Copernicus
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Who supported the idea of spontaneous generation and is responsible for it being believed for so long?
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Aristotle
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Who laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity, and invented calculus?
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Newton
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Who determined how traits are passed on during reproduction?
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Mendel
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Who demonstrated the first law of thermodynamics?
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Joule
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Who developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory?
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Dalton
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Who is best known for his model of the atom?
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Bohr
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What lesson do we learn from the fact that scientific progress stalled during the Dark Ages?
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Scientific progress depends not only on scientists, but it also depends on government and culture.
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What caused scientific progress to move forward again towards the end of the Dark Ages?
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Christian worldview
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What lesson can we learn from the fact that the idea of spontaneous generation was believed for so long, despite the evidence against it?
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We should believe scientific ideas because of evidence, not because of the people who believe in them.
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