social studies terms to know
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| hypothesis | an explanation of the data
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| geocentric | earth centered universe
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| Galileo Galilei | italian scientist that built the improved telescope
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| heresy | anti church teaching
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| ptolemy | an egyptian astronomer who believed that the earth centered the universe
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| excommunication | to be exile or thrown out of the church
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| francis bacon | english thinker that proposed a new approach to studying the world which is the scientific method
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| nicolaus copernicus | polish mathematician who came up with the idea of a sun centered universe
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| revolution | a sweeping change in science
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| johannes kepler | a german mathematician who used mathematical formulas to show planets moved in ellipses.
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| astronomers | scientist who study the motion of stars and planets
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| heliocentric | a sun centered universe
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| scientific method | a new approach to studying science it was invented by francis bacon
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| 5 scientific steps | observe some aspect of the universe
hypothesis about what you observed
predict something based on your hypothesis
test your predictions through experiments and observation
modify hypothesising light of results
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| rationalism | belief that all knowledge is based on reason
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| william harvey | he was an english scientist who discovered circulation which is the pumping of blood by the heart
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| robert hooke | he was an english scientist who discovered cells they are the small structures that make up living tissues
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| robert boyle | he was an irish scientist who discovered the definition of elements- materials that cannot be broken down also the composition of air- a mixture of gases
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| joseph priestly | was an english scientist who discovered oxygen- one of the gases that make up air. principle of combustion (burning)- the union of oxygen of flammable materials and oxygen
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