Science Test - Aca Earth and Space #2 | part 3

TEST IS SEPT 19, FRIDAY

Aristotle

start of the scientific method

Archimedes

water displacement

Copernicus

heliocentric model

Brahe

identified positions of the starts

Galilei

father of observational astronomy

Kepler

laws of planetary motion

Newton

laws of motion; gravity

Hutton

principle of uniformitarianism

Messier

catalog of nebulae/star cluster

Herschel

discovered infrared radiation

Somerville

first scientist

Maxwell

electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)

Tesla

radio wireless technology

Tsiolkovsky

father of modern rocketry

Cannon

star classification system

Einstein

theory of relativity; E=mc2

Wegener

theory of continental drift

Lehmann

determined inner layers of the earth

Hubble

Hubble's law (universe=expanding)

Johnson

human computer; calculated space flights

Tharp

first map of Atlantic ocean floor

Sagan

popularized astronomy for mass audience

Hawking

black holes leak energy

Atwater

plate tectonics

Tyson

demotion of Pluto

Raymo

paleoclimatologist studying earth’s past/ice ages