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22 Cards in this Set
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Define science.
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A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.
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Define papyrus.
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A primitive form of paper, made from a long-leafed plant of the same name.
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Define spontaneous generation.
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The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.
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James Clerk Maxwell
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Founder of modern physics.
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Thales
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Ancient Greek scientist who believed in atoms.
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Galileo
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Collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system but was forced to recant belief in it.
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Ptolemy
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Proposed geocentric system.
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Einstein
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Had two theories of relativity and was big in quantum mechanics.
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Lavoisier
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Discovered the Law of Mass Conservation.
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Darwin
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Destroyed the idea of the immutability of species.
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Democritus
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Ancient Greek scientist who believed in atoms.
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Grosseteste
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Considered the first modern scientist.
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Copernicus
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Proposed heliocentric system.
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Aristotle
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Developed the idea of spontaneous generation.
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Newton
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The single greatest scientist of all time.
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Mendel
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Determined how traits are passed on during reproduction.
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Joule
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Demonstrated the First Law of Thermodynamics.
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Dalton
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He developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory.
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Bohr
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He is best known for his model of the atom. It was named after him, and it revealed many of the atom's mysteries.
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What lesson can we learn from the fact that scientific progress stalled during the Dark Ages?
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The progress of science 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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A Christian worldview caused science to progress at the end of the Dark Ages.
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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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