What geological event happened in 1556?
What did Martin Behaim invent?
Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese today?
Why did Fracastro believe that fossils could not have all been buried during Noah’s Flood?
During this era, what is the definition of fossils?
Francis Bacon wrote that the goal of science was “to enlarge the bounds of the human empire, to the effecting of all things possible.” In an essay, please write the pros and cons of this idea. Please give three examples for each.
What instrument did Galileo often try to make, but always failed?
How did Galileo begin his study of science?
By discovering that a comet is “not of Earth” what did Brahe prove?
Who is viewed as the “creator” of the heliocentric universe?
Who invented the telescope?
What was Galileo’s most important discovery of the heavens?
What does, “E pur se mouve” mean?
Tycho Brahe believed in a heliocentric universe. True or False
What did Brahe use to measure the distance of a comet?
What is now known to cause a comet’s tail to point away from the Sun?
Please list Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion in order.
Using Kepler’s 3rd Law of Planetary Motion. Do the calculations for orbital periods or distance from the Sun and be sure to show your work:
How is Leonard Fuchs still remembered today?
How is Bartolemeo Eustachia still remembered today?
What did Gaspard Bauhin introduce at this time?
What is binomial nomenclature?
What did Prospero Alpini describe?
What did Galileo prove by watching hanging lanterns?
What did Christiaan Huygens invent?
What was Galileo’s first theory on motion?
What was Galileo’s second theory on motion?
What was Galileo’s third theory on motion?
Why do observations seem to support Aristotle’s views of motion?
Who tied 47 rockets to a chair in an attempt to fly?
Please explain Simon Stevinus’ experiment on falling bodies. Be sure to use all 8 steps of the scientific method.
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