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Quiz by haley.carlock01, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by haley.carlock01
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Question 1
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Who was the first European to make regular observations of the heavens using a telescope?
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Galileo
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Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle
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Margaret Cavendish
Question 2
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Sir Isaac Newton proposed 4 laws of motion.
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- True
- False
Question 3
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What is a system of planetary motion that placed the sun at the center of the universe? (Hint: It was proposed by Nicholas Copernicus)
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Heliocentric
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Geocentric
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Ptolemaic System
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Law of Inertia
Question 4
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What is the system of planetary motion that placed Earth in the center of the universe? (Hint: It is named after Ptolemy)
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Geocentric
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Heliocentric
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Ptolemaic System
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Inductive Reasoning
Question 5
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What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
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1/3 of Sir Isaac Newton's rules of motion.
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A law that states gravity is illegal.
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A law that states gravity does not exist.
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The 4th law of motion by Isaac Newton.
Question 6
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Who was the most famous female astronomer in Germany?
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Margaret Cavendish
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Maria Winkelmann
Question 7
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Who was Francois Bacon?
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One of the first scientists to conduct controlled experiments.
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Thought Earth was the center of the universe.
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French philosopher that used inductive reasoning to learn about nature.
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English philosopher that used inductive reasoning to learn about nature.
Question 8
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Who wrote "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres"?
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Isaac Newton
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Nicholas Copernicus
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Robert Boyle
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Galileo Galilee
Question 9
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Who wrote "Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy"?
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Margaret Cavendish
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Maria Winkelmann
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Ptolemy
Question 10
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Who was Robert Boyle?
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One of the first scientists to conduct controlled experiments. Properties of gases led to his law.
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Mathematics professor.
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Used inductive reasoning to learn about nature.
Question 11
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What is inductive reasoning?
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Scientists should proceed from the particular to the general.
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System of thought proposed by Copernicus.
Question 12
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What is a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world?
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Scientific Method
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Inductive Reasoning
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