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Exploring Creation with General Science - 2nd Edition
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7th Grade
09/22/2016

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Aristotle
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"The father of life sciences"
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Penicillin
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A chemical that kills infections.
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Nebula
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A cloud of dust and gas in space.
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Grosseteste
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A scientist that said if new observations contradicted the explanation, the explanation was probably wrong.
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Galileo
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A scientist who invented the telescope and confirmed Bradwardine's work.
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 Poppy Seeds
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A substance that contains Morphine and Codeine. 

 

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Bradwardine
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A theologian that questioned the Roman Catholic Church and examined Aristotle's ideas.
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Papyrus
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An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name.
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Science
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An endeavor dedicated to the accumulaition and classificaition of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.
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Alexander the Great
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Classified Animal/Plants.
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Archimedes
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Demonstrated how closely math and science are linked.
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Ptolemy
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Discoverer of the solar system
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Bacon
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Disproved many wrong facts, like the only way to break a diamond was to smother it in goat blood.
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Density
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How packed matter is in an object.
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Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes
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Humanity's first real scientists
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Carolus Linnaeus
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In 1735, wrote a book in which he tried to classify every single type of animal.
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Leucippus
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Known as the "Father of the Atomic theory."
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 Imhotep
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Known for his knowlege of medicine.
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Democritus
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Leucippus' student
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Freiberg
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Offered an explanation of how a rainbow appeared in the sky.
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Chemical Reaction
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One or more substances interact to form one or more new ones.
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Morphine, Codeine
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Pain-relieving chemicals contained in Poppy Seeds.
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Sir Isaac Newton created three laws of motion and upgraded telescopes.
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Atoms
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Something that all matter is composed of.
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Constallations
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Stars that appear to make a shape/image.
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Supernova
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The explosion of a star.
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Spontaneous Generation
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The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed by non-living things.
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Alchemy
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The study of metal turning into gold...?
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