Scientific revolution vocabulary

Acceleration

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• An term referring to the sky or heavens

• Astronomer

• Relating to the sky or outer space,

• Foundation

• The basis for a system, idea, or theory

• Celestial

• The act of acquiring control

• Conquest 

• A scientist who studies celestial bodies

• Firmament

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• The process of changing position

• Theories

• Well-substantiated explanations

• Motion

• An optical instrument

• Telescope

• distance between successive wave crests

• Renaissance

• Cultural movement from 14th to 17th

• Wavelength

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• An agreement among individuals to form a society

• Self-Interested 

• concept describing human existence

• Utilitarianism

• Moving backward in time

• Social Contract

• Acting primarily in one's own benefit

• Retrograde

• The greatest happiness for the greatest number

• State of Nature 

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• Path of a Planet

• Prism

• Light Refraction

• Polymath

• Region of Space with Gravitational Pull

• Orbit

• Renaissance Thinker

• Black Hole

• Sun-Centered Model

• Heliocentrism

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• Repetitive occurrence

• Authenticity 

• Validity of claims 

• Spectral Analysis

• Analysis of light spectra

• Periodic 

• Returning light

• Publication

• Dissemination of research

• Reflection

Match the following

• Ruler with absolute power

• Reaction

• Force that attracts objects towards each other

• Gravity

• Path of a celestial body

• Telescope

• Device for viewing distant objects

• Tyrant 

• Response to a stimulus

• Orbit

Tags

SSWH13

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• Change in position

• Publication

• Force attracting objects

• Inertia 

• Release of a written work

• Gravity

• Period of cultural revival

• Motion

• Resistance to change in motion

• Renaissance

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• Differences that may lead to conflict

• Brutish 

• New ideas that drive progress

• Controversial

• Thoughtful consideration of past experiences

• Reflection

• Subject to debate and differing opinions

• Discrepancies

• Rough and aggressive behavior

• Innovation

Match the following

• Mathematics of change

• Astronomer

• Branch of physics dealing with the universe

• Celestial

• Relating to the sky or space

• Astrophysics 

• Studies celestial objects

• Canon

• A collection of works

• Calculus