Logic
In logic, a statement of fact is called what?
Proposition
A push or pull on an object.
Force
How is 0.0000090 represented in scientific notation?
9.0 x 10^-6
What logical fallacy involves assuming that one thing causes another because it occurred before the other?
Post Hoc Fallacy
What can be described as the substance of the physical world?
Matter
The sum of 9.21 m, 12.2 m, and 34.432 m. Use significant digit rules.
34.4 m
What fallacy occurs when a single term is ambiguously used with two different meanings in a single argument?
Equivocation
What is the best way to determine the volume of a large, irregularly shaped solid?
What is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard substance?
Specific Gravity
What type of reasoning has the purpose of determining cause and effect?
Inductive Reasoning
If some data could exist that would prove a hypothesis to be incorrect, the hypothesis is what?
Falsifiable
What power of ten does the prefix kilo- represent?
10^3
A young child said that if a person crosses his eyes too much, then they will stay crossed. He claimed that his friends should believe him because his father is a doctor. What logical fallacy did he commit?
Argument from Authority
Predicting the difference in the flight distance of a hand-launched airplane and a rubber-band-launched airplane is an example of what method of reasoning?
Method of Difference
Which metric prefix represents a unit to the power of 10^-2?
Centi-