1
Archimedes left Sicily only once, to study in Egypt at ______________, the greatest city of the ancient world which was the center of Greek learning for over a thousand years.
2
Archimedes discovery that an object submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces is known as the "Archimedes' ___________."
3
Archimedes especially loved to study a kind of mathematics known as ____________, which is the study of shapes in space.
4
The city Archimedes was born and lived in most of his life
5
A__________is any device that helps us to do work more easily.
6
Archimedes was killed by a Roman _________, after he struck him in the sandal with a drawing stick for interrupting his work on a math problem.
7
The point at which a lever turns or moves is called the _________________.
8
A cone is a __________figure that has three dimensions: length, width, and thickness.
9
The Archimedean __________ was a famous invention that is still used by Egyptian farmers to irrigate fields, and in spiral conveyors designed to lift grain or sand.
10
Archimedes lived on the island of Sicily which was located at the southern tip of __________________.
11
Most astronomers in Archimedes' day, believed that the _________was at the center of the universe.
12
The moon and a ball are both examples of a solid shape known as a _____________.
13
Archimedes discovered how to find the ___________, which is the space or material contained, of many solid figures.
14
A triangle is an example of a _______ figure that is flat and has only two dimensions: length and width.
15
Both Carthage and __________ wanted to have control over Syracuse.
16
Whenever a force causes something to move, scientists call this _____________.
