The Scientific Revolution
Across
- 3. The belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe and that everything else moves around it.
- 6. Italian scientist who used telescopes and experiments to study space and motion, discovering new information about planets, stars, and how objects fall and move.
- 7. English scientist who explained the laws of motion and gravity, and also made important discoveries about light and created new kinds of mathematics.
Down
- 1. A step-by-step process for testing ideas: observe something, form a hypothesis (an educated guess), predict what will happen, and run experiments to see if the hypothesis is correct.
- 2. The idea that the Sun is at the center of the solar system and the planets orbit around it.
- 4. Polish astronomer who proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the center of the universe, and that Earth and the other planets move around it.
- 5. English thinker who encouraged people to use experiments, observations, and reason to learn about the world, helping shape the beginnings of modern science.