Across
- 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
Down
- 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