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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 scientific method | a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions |
| scientific thought | Scientific thought involves making observations, using evidence to draw conclusions, being skeptical about ideas, and being open to change when new discoveries are made. |
| traditional religious | pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines, images of women have provided the basic for the subordination of women |
| newton galileo | Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars |
| copernicus | Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543) |
| rene descartes | French philosopher and mathematician, French philosopher and mathematician |
| heliocentric | having the sun as the center |
| theory | a tentative theory about the natural world |
| ptolemy theory | His theory is a earth-centered universe, and everything revolved around the earth. |
| geocentric theory | Earth is the center of the universe. Aristotelian. |
| experimentation | the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation |
| revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed |
| common sense | sound practical judgment |
| ariistotle | Scala Nature -Great Chain of being -described all known living things -This work influenced Western thought until Darwin |
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