The Scientific Revolution: Vocabulary Write down the following words and definitions on a separate sheet of paper!

Revolution A change in political power or organizational structures that takes place in a short period of time; can be violent, where the population rises up in revolt, or peaceful, where there is a change in ideas and philosophies.

REWORD DEFINITION IN YOUR OWN WORDS Revolution A change in political power or organizational structures that takes place in a short period of time; can be violent, where the population rises up in revolt, or peaceful where theire is change. REWORD DEFINITION IN YOUR OWN WORDS CLUE WORDS OR ILLUSTRATIONS Sentence / relate to the topic

Theory An idea or set of ideas that is meant to explain facts or events that may or may not be proven true.

Theory An idea or set of ideas that is meant to explain facts or events that may or may not be proven true.

Innovation A new method, idea, product, etc.

Consequence A result or effect of an action or thought.

Geocentric A model of the solar system where the Earth is the center, which was suggested by Ptolemy and accepted by the Catholic Church

Heliocentric A model of the solar system where the sun is the center, which is the most widely accepted astronomical model proposed by Copernicus.

Johannes Kepler A brilliant mathematician, and assistant to Tycho Brahe- who is a Danish astronomer. He discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are elliptical rather that circular.

Discovered the law of the pendulum Discovered the law of the pendulum. He was the scientist who built the first telescope and proved that planets and moons move. Persecuted for supporting Copernicus' ideas User-contributed

Isaac Newton Helped bring together (Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo) breakthroughs under a single theory of motion. English mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation, presented in Principia Mathematica (1687), was supposedly inspired by the sight of a falling apple.