Lesson 5c. Modern Age and the Information

Question 1

Other term for modern age and what century

Answer 1

Modernity
16th century

Question 2

Scientists and thinkers began to challenge traditional beliefs and embrace empirical observation and experimentation

Answer 2

Scientific Revolution (Early Modern Age)

Question 3

3 scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries in physics and astronomy

Answer 3

Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton

Question 4

Systematics approach that emphasized observation, hypothesis testing, and the collection of empirical evidence

Answer 4

Scientific method

Question 5

Fundamental principles that describe how objects behave when force is acted upon them

Answer 5

Newton’s Laws of Motion (17th century)

Question 6

An object at rest will stay at rest, same speed same direction unless acted upon force

Answer 6

Law of Inertia (1st)

Question 7

Relates mass, force, acceleration

Answer 7

Law of acceleration (2nd)

Question 8

Acceleration is ___________ proportional to the force applied and _________ proportional to its mass

Answer 8

Directly
Inversely

Question 9

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Answer 9

Law of interaction (3rd)

Question 10

Shift from agrarian and handcraft-based economies to industrial and mechanized industry

Answer 10

Industrial revolution (late 18th century)

Question 11

Fundamental concept of modern biology

Answer 11

Theory of evolution by CHARLES DARWIN

Question 12

Species of living organisms change over time through a process called

Answer 12

Natural selection

Question 13

Study of electricity began by scientists like _______ and ____‘___ in the

Answer 13

Benjamin Franklin
Luigi Galvani
18th century

Question 14

Who: electromagnetic induction demonstrated the relationship between electricity and magnetism

Answer 14

Michael Faraday (19th century)

Question 15

Provided comprehensive framework for electromagnetism as a unified force

Answer 15

James clerk maxwell’ s equation (19th century)

Question 16

Cornerstone of modern physics, sought to understand the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales

Answer 16

Quantum mechanics (early 20th C)

Question 17

Certain properties of these particles like energy levels are not continuous but exist in discrete and quantized values

Answer 17

Quantization

Question 18

Suggests that electrons can exhibit both particle-like and wave-like behavior on how they measured

Answer 18

Wave particles duality

Question 19

Revolutionized understanding of space, time, gravity

Answer 19

Theory of Relativity (ALBERT EINSTEIN, Early 20th C)

Question 20

Space and time are not separate entities but intertwined in space-time

Answer 20

Special Relativity (1905)

Question 21

Relates energy to mass and the speed of light, showing that mass and energy are interchangeable

Answer 21

E=mc²

Question 22

Expanded on these ideas by providing a new understanding of gravity

Answer 22

General relativity (1915)

Question 23

Proposed that gravity is not a force as described by _______ but rather a result of the bending of space time

Answer 23

Newton