The Scientific Revolution - Vocab Only

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belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge

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rationalism

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having the Earth at the center of the universe

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geocentric

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the path that one heavenly body (such as a planet) follows around another (such as the sun)

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orbit

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An object that is fired or launched, such as a cannon ball

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Projectile

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having the sun as the center of the universe

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heliocentric

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the amount of matter in an object

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mass

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the theory that the sun was at the center of the universe

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Copernican Theory

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An idea or assumption to be tested in an experiment

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hypothesis

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facts or information that have been observed in an experiment

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data

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invented by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and allowed him to be the first to see bacteria

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microscope