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- 4. To formally and publicly withdraw or deny a previously started belief or opinion for example Galileo Galilei was forced by the inquisition to recant his support for the heliocentric theory
- 6. The tendency of an object to resist changes to its state of motion and object at rest stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force
- 7. A branch of mathematics developed independently by Isaac newton and Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz to calculate changing quantities rates of acceleration and the curves of planetary orbits
- 8. The practice of relying on direct observation and experiment, rather than religion or tradition, to gain knowledge
- 9. A medieval chemical philosophy aiming to change base metals into gold and find a universal cure for illness while magical in nature its practical lab techniques laid the foundation for modern chemistry
- 12. The astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus showing that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun
- 13. An optical instrument used to view objects too small to be seen by the naked eye it allowed scientists like Robert Hooke to discover biological cells
- 15. The act of cutting apart a plant or animal carcass to study its internal structure andrenas Vesalius revolutionized human anatomy through detailed human dissections
- 16. The introduction of weakened or harmless substance into the body to produce immunity against a disease the practice was pioneered late in this era by Edward Jenner against smallpox
- 17. pertaining to worldly non-religious or civic matters rather than spiritual or ecclesiastical affairs
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- 1. An instrument used measure atmospheric pressure invented by Evangelista Torricelli to help forecast weather changes
- 2. The universal force of attraction between all physical masses famously synthesized by Isaac newton
- 3. An instrument used to measure temperature later standardized with temperature scales by scientists like Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- 4. The belief that human reason and logic - rather than religious revelation are the ultimate
- 5. A regular oval shape in astronomy Johannes Kepler discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun rather than perfect circles
- 10. The traditional, church supported earth centered view of the universe where celestial bodies orbit the earth
- 11. A person who hold religious beliefs or opinions that conflict with the official doctrines of the church
- 12. A testable proposed explanation for a natural phenomenon used as the starting point for structured scientific experimentation
- 14. The act of conducing controlled tests to discover unknown effects or validate a scientific hypothesis