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16 Cards in this Set
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the christian church supported the ___________ theory
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geocentric
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who started the heliocentric theory?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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what is the heliocentric theory?
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the idea that the earth is not the center of the universe.
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Corpernicus spent most of his time studying the _____________. he also spent most of his time doing
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night sky, mathematical cacluations
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who is Galileo Galilei?
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italian scientist who was intrested in mathematics and astronomy he improved the telescope and proved that lighter and hevier objects fall at the same time
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galileo was a _________.
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teacher
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galileo probed that the moon was ___________
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rough and uneven
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galileos books were ___________
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baned
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what is gravity
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the force that pulls us toward the earth
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Isac newtons most famous book was called _____________
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principia mathematica
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newton studied ___________ and ___________
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color and light
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newton developed the ____________
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laws of gravity
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who is Rene Descartes
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french scientist who developed the scientific method
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____________ developed the idea of chemical elements
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antinie lavosier
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people who worshiped galilleo were ____________
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killed
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as a renicanes scientist what group of people would you be afraid of? why?
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cathlics because they would kill you
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