Sir Isaac Newton is a familiar name to many people. He is the scientist who
d_____ gravity while he was s_____ under an apple tree and an apple dropped
on his head. However, few people k_____ that he also f_____ out that light is
made up of a m_____ of seven colours. He proved this with the h_____ of a
prism, which is a special p_____ og glass that can b_____ white light up into its
seven colours.
Newton was born in 1642, in England. His father had p_____ away even before
he was born and did not leave the family with much money. Hence, Newton's
childhood was f_____ with hardship because his family did not have enough
money to send him to school for a p_____ education. Fortunately, when
Newton's m_____ remarried, his life became b_____. He was sent to s_____
in a grammar school. He did very w_____ in his schoolwork and he made it
t_____ the prestigious Trinity Collage.
Although Newton died in 1727, his discoveries are still very useful today. In
fact, much of the science we are l_____ today are based on the discoveries of
Newton. Newton was truly a great scientist.