Earth Science (9/14-9/18)

Earth Science (9/14-9/18)

Mr. A's Class

Study Guide
 for 
Module #1

Pages 1-8

Words to know

• Science - An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.

• Papyrus - An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name

• Spontaneous generation - The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.

Important People to Know

• Imhotep - An Egyptian that was renowned for his knowledge of medicine.

• Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes - Humanity's first real scientists.

• Leucippus and Democritus - All matter is comprised of little units called "atoms."

• Aristotle - Was championed the idea spontaneous generation, also first to make large-scale attempt at the classification of animals and plants.

Multiple Choice

Who came up with the first classification scheme for living creatures?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Imhotep

• Leucippus

Multiple Choice

Who championed the idea spontaneous generation and is responsible for it being believed for so long?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Democritus

Multiple Choice

Leucippus and his student, Democritus are remembered for what idea?

• All matter is comprised of little units called "atoms."

• That you could turn lead to gold.

• That cloud dust land gas left from a star explosion is called a nebula.

Multiple Choice

Who were Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes?

• Humanity's first real scientists.

• The three musketeer's

• Builder's of the Great Pyramids

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE:

Although the ancient Egyptians had incredibly advanced medical practices for their time, we do not consider them scientist.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Who was Imhotep?

• An Egyptian that was renowned for his knowledge of medicine.

• was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon^[a] and a member of the Argead dynasty.

• a robot originally named Rock, created as a lab assistant by the scientist Dr. Light with Dr. Wily as his partner.

Multiple Choice

What is spontaneous generation?

• The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.

• The explosion of a star.

• The ability of a liquid's surface to resist a force applied to it due to the attraction between the liquid's molecules.

Multiple Choice

What is science?

• An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.

• The simple machine composed of a grooved wheel that rotates freely on a frame

• A theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data

Multiple Choice

What is Papyrus?

• A level at which a person begins to feel consider pain uncomfortable.

• An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name.

• Data whose value cannot be Affected by a person's opinion.