Science Team (All Topics 1)

Why is Andreas Vesalius considered to be a pioneer in the scientific process?

• He used lab work to support Galen’s postulates about the human body

• Vesalius was the first person to map the sun’s movements within the Milky Way

• He proved that a good sense of “Humor” is needed to maintain a healthy heart

• Vesalius wrote a detailed book that initiated a new “hands on” approach to doing medicine

What scientific process (for gathering data) did Andreas Vesalius develop and promote?

• dissection

• incubation

• indentifying the control group within an experiment

• controlling the experimental variable

William Harvey gained much of his information about the circulatory system by _________.

• cutting open live animals

• siphoning and then filtering human blood from urine specimens

• minimizing observations and comparisons

• utilizing a sphygmomanometer, which he invented to study blood pressure

How did Nicholas Copernicus change the way that people viewed the planets?

• Copernicus used a newly invented telescope to locate 8  planets in our solar system

• Copernicus proposed that the earth went around the sun

• He was first to demonstrate “gravity” and proved that items with mass have a gravitational field

• He promoted that the heliocentric and geocentric theories are actually the same concept

What scientific skills were instrumental to Galileo Galilei as he used his newly improved telescope to better understand our solar system?

• Although he was poor in math, he made excellent estimations of time and space

• He collected quantitative data and refused to make any qualitative observations

• Galileo was curious, very precise, kept excellent records, and published his data

• Galileo used his personal bias and refused to collaborate with other colleagues that could be incorrect

Galileo’s observations and data supported the heliocentric theory by showing ________.

• Earth’s moon has craters and mountains on the near side

• Earth’s waves occur at predictable times as related to the sun’s location

• It is possible to determine time based on solar movement (shadows)

• Jupiter has multiple natural satellites which orbit around it

Which astronomer is credited with being the FIRST to use MATH and other scientific skills to propose that planets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• William Herschel

Which of Newton’s Laws is best demonstrated by earth’s continued movement through space until the force of the sun alters its forward path?

• Newton’s First Law (Inertia)

• Newton’s Second Law (F = ma)

• Newton’s Third Law (action reaction)

• Newton’s Law of Relativity (e = mc2)

What navigational information was determined by comparing the horizon with the angle of the sun when using a cross staff?

• longitude

• latitude

• ocean depth

• wave height

An early computer-like device that was used by explorers to chart their movements across vast areas of open water was known as ________.

• a magnetic compass

• an ephemeris

• a leadline

• a traverse board