Scientific puzzel
Across
- 2. – Created new map projections that helped global navigation.
- 3. – The older belief that Earth was the center of the universe.
- 4. – Field transformed by the new heliocentric model.
- 6. – Studied air pressure and developed principles of hydraulics.
- 8. – Study of light advanced by Newton and scientists of the era.
- 9. – Demonstrated that Earth acts like a giant magnet.
- 11. – Basic unit of life first observed by Hooke.
- 13. – Shape of planetary orbits described by Kepler.
- 15. – Belief in reason as the primary source of knowledge, supported by Descartes. Observation – A key step in the scientific method.
- 16. – Father of empiricism who emphasized experimentation.
- 20. – Testing that forms the foundation of scientific inquiry.
- 22. – Force that attracts objects with mass, formally defined by Newton.
- 23. – Scientific study of the body revolutionized by Vesalius.
- 24. – Scientist who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Down
- 1. Method – Process using observation, hypotheses, and experiments.
- 2. – Natural phenomenon studied by Gilbert.
- 5. – Tool enabling scientists to view tiny organisms.
- 7. – Observed cells under the microscope and coined the term “cell.”
- 10. – Instrument improved by Galileo to study the heavens.
- 11. – Chemical reaction explained by Lavoisier.
- 12. – Modernized chemistry and identified oxygen’s role in combustion.
- 14. – Biological process described by Harvey
- 17. – Discovered microorganisms using a handmade microscope.
- 18. – Recorded extremely accurate planetary data.
- 19. – Theory that the Sun, not Earth, is the center of the universe.
- 21. – Field improved by Mercator’s map projections