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Exploring Creation with General Science: 2nd Edition Set 2
Pages 11-18
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Science
7th Grade
08/16/2011

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Alchemy
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A theory that lead (or any other cheap substance) could be transformed into gold (or some other precious substance) with the right chemicals
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Chemical reaction
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A process in which atoms of the same or different elements rearrange themselves to form a new substance; when two or more chemicals mixed together either explode, burn, or bubble over
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Dark Ages
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A time when the Roman Empire crumbled, bringing down with it science, trade, and large-scale communication
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Excyclopedias
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Books with a vast accumulation of data and ideas
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Constellations
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When a cluster of stars form a shape
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Supernova
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The explosion of a star
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Nebula
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A cloud of dust and gas; forms when a star explodes
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Robert Grosseteste
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A bishop in the Roman Catholic Church in the early 1200s AD
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Dietrich Von Freiberg
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Offered the explanation for why a rainbow appears in the sky
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Roger Bacon
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Scientist; follower of Robert Grosseteste
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Thomas Bradwardine
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Another Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
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