Science of Astronomy Flashcards

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Copernican suscess affected

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scientists, philosophers, and church leadership.

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Models were formulated and tested against

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observations. Then modified again if test weref failed

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Science from Latin scientia

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knowledge but not all knowledge is science. I know I like third day but that is not science study.

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tentative guess or explanation. How we approach science.

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Hypothesis.

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Hallmarks of science (3)

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Modern science seeks explanations for observed phenomena that rely solely on natural causes.

Science progresses throught the creation and testing of models of nature that explain the observations as simply as possible

A scientific model must make testable predictions about natural phenomena that will ofrce us to revise or abondon the model if the predictions do not agree with observations.\

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5 steps of scientifiic method

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Observe
ask a question
suggest a hypothese
make a prediction
perform a test
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general patterns of thought

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Paradigm

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science ultimately provides a means of

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bringing people to agreement.

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simply physical principles to explain Many observations and experiments

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Scientific Theory. Never true beyond a doubt because further tests may show other results.

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hypothesis can change any time. Can Scientic theories?

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No not until tested many many times to show alternative explanation.

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predictive charts of astrology

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Horoscopes.

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The success of Kepler and Galileo in showing the earth Moves around the sun destroyed

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the link between Astrology and Astronomy

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