| A | B |
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| Nicolaus Copernicus | Hypothosized a heliocentric solar system |
| Galileo Galilei | Provided foundations for work by Newton and Huygens |
| Sir Isaac Newton | Discovered laws of motion, invented calculus |
| James Hutton | Deep time guy, Father of geology |
| Charles Darwin | Discovered natural selection as mechanism of evolution |
| Biology | study of life |
| zoology | study of animals |
| botany | study of plants |
| ecology | study of interactions of living and non living things |
| paleontology | study of ancient life--fossils |
| geology | study of rocks, minerals, materials of Earth |
| meterorology | study of weather and climate |
| oceanography | study of Earth's oceans |
| Physics | Study of forces and motion |
| Chemistry | Study of matter and how it interacts with other matter and changes |
| matter | stuff |
| atom | small building block of matter made of protons, neutron, and electrons |
| Molecules | atoms hooked together to make a new substance |
| What scientists do | explore, examine, explain |
| observation | to use any of your six senses to gather data |
| measurement | To apply numbers to an observation to make it more meaningful and testable |
| inferring | Using what you know to make intelegent speculations about what you don't know |
| predicting | using what you know to make intelegent speculations about what you think will happen |
| hypothesis | and educated guess that can be tested |
| data recording | writing down your observation and measurements in an organized way |
| theory | as close to fact as science gets |
| Limnology | Study of fresh water systems |
| Inferring | Using what you know about what one thing is like to make educated guesses about what related things might be like. |
| Predicting | Using what you know about what one thing does to make education speculations about what would happen in the future |
| Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | Known as the father of microbiology |
| Christiaan Huygens | He build the first pendulum clock |
| The invention of the pendulum clock led to this. | Suggested predictable universe |
| Purpose of marine chronometer | Measure longitude at sea |
| John Harrison | Invented marine chronometer |
| James Watt | Improved Steam engine |
| Importance of steam engine | Allowed burning fuel to power machines |
| Daniel Bernoulli | Explained principle that makes airplane wings work |
| Michael Faraday | Pioneered work in electric motors |
