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___________ was the Polish astronomer that thought the sun was the center of our universe.
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Copernicus
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______ was the 1st to observe that light that passes through a prism would seperate into various colors.(r.o.y.g.b.i.v)
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Issac Newton
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The scientist that first theorized that there was once a "super continent" joined together was _________.
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Wagner
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The "Father of Geology"
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James Huton
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An American named _________ was the first to hypothsize that new crust is forming at the ocean ridges, due to magma oozing upward.
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Harry Heist
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Thr scientist ________ named seafloor spreading.
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Deats
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The earth is ____ percent covered water and ____ percent of all the water is salt water.
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71,97
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Greek philosopher that theorized, incorrectly, that the earth was the center of the universe and that every thing revovled around it was __________.
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Aristotle
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ar
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Who invented the telescope?
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Galileo
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2 l's
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Who completed Tycho Branches work explaining mathmatically about planetary movement?
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Capler
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__________ discovered pluto by accident.
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Tombough
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tomb
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