Across
- 5. Based on observation and experiment, relying on evidence rather than speculation
- 7. A model of the solar system with the sun at the center, as proposed by Copernicus
- 9. the combining of elements to form a pleasing whole
- 10. having the sun as the center of the universe
Down
- 1. the idea that people should use reason, or logical thought to understand the world
- 2. the theory that earth is at the center of the universe
- 3. a belief that earth rotates daily on an axis and planets revolve in orbits around the sun
- 4. Italian astronomer and mathematician who first used the telescope to study stars
- 6. a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer
- 8. a period, beginning in A.D. 1500's during which European scholars began to question classical scientific ideas and Christian belief