Standard 10 Introduction Crossword

2. A German astronomer who discovered a comet but was denied the post of an assistant astronomer because she was a woman.(last name only)
4. This man showed that the heart- and not the liver- was the beginning point for the circulation of blood. (Last name only)
5. This law explains why the planetary bodies continue their elliptical orbits around the sun. Every object in the universe is attracted to every other object by gravity & explains all motion in the universe. Known as the Universal Law of ________
8. This professor of mathematics defined the three laws of motion that govern the planetary bodies, as well as objects on Earth
10. Galileo found himself under suspicion by this group

1. Copernicus gave his theory a name: The _______ theory
3. A German mathematician who used detailed astronomical data to confirm that the sun was at the center of the universe and also showed that the planets' orbits around the sun were not circular, but rather elliptical
6. New invention of the scientific revolution that allowed people to see objects that had never before been seen
7. A mathematician who observed the heavens using a telescope. He discovered: mountains on Earth's moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots
9. Theorizes that the sun was the center of the universe