Scientific Revolution

3. the process of forming a general conclusion or hypothesis based on a specific set of observations and experiments
8. Period of profound change in scientific thought
10. understood as universal principles that govern the natural world
11. a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge
12. the oval-shaped path an object takes around a central body, like a planet around a star

1. primarily meant that scientific ideas, theories,
2. the relationship between an object and the forces acting upon it
4. the astronomical model that places the Sun at the center of the solar system, with the Earth and other planets orbiting around it
5. an astronomical model that places Earth at the center of the universe, with the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars revolving around it
6. a systematic process that replaced reliance on ancient authority with empirical evidence and experimentation to understand the natural world
7. an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects
9. a universal force of attraction between any two objects with mass
13. an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear closer