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What is meant by a 'heliocentric' view of the universe?
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That the sun is the center of the universe.
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What was the relationship between science in religion during the 17th century?
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Science didn't try to disprove religion, but was trying to prove the existance of God.
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What did Copernicus and Galileo contribute to the revolution in science?
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Copernicus - said that earth revolved around the sun.
Galileo - discovered celestial bodies, idea of distance between the starts, saw sunspots, discovered the moons orbiting Jupiter, and proved earth was only a planet. |
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Why was Copernicus careful about what he printed?
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Because he didn't want to break with the church, but wanted to show God's design.
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Why was Galileo accused of heresy?
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The church said that he was pushing his ideas too far.
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Who's ideas filled the gap between Copernicus and Galileo?
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Tycho and Kepler.
Tycho - thought planets revolved around sun, and that all of that revolved around earth. Kepler - thought that planetary paths were eliptical. |
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Why were advancements on Galileo's ideas discovered in Europe as opposed to Italy?
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In northwest Europe - science and religon were allowed together.
Italy - trial of Galileo made it so that science and religion coulnd't go together. |
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What are Empirical laws?
Give examples of scientists who used them. |
They were conclusions that were drawn from evidence as opposed to absolute statement about how the universe worked.
William Harvey, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke all used these empirical laws. |
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What were Newton's ideas about movement?
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First Law - an object in motion will stay in motion until another force acts upon it.
Second Law - F = ma (force = mass * acceleration). Third Law - for ever action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. |
