Science is...
The Scientific Method
Hypothesis
The Limits of Science
Other Questions
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Define science.
Science is a way of understanding the world.
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What is the first step in the scientific method?
Observation
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What is a 'hypothesis'?
A hypothesis is an explanation of what happened or will happen in an experiment.
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What causes a scientist to ask a question?
An observation they don't understand.
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What 2 things make a good scienfitic question?
1) It may have an answer 2) It's testable
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Scientists call on many skills to...
...help them answer questions.
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What is the second step in the scientific method?
Ask a question
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What do scientists do to test a hypothesis?
They perform an experiment.
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It must be possible to disprove a...
...hypothesis.
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Many questions are not scientific because...
...they may not have answers or they are not able to be tested by experiments.
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What do scientists do to answer questions they have?
They use the scientific method.
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What is the third step in the scientific method?
Form a hypothesis
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A hypothesis must be able to...
...be tested.
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Why can't scientific explanations cannot include supernatural forces?
Because these can never be disproved.
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What's the step after 'ask a question' in the Scientific Method?
'Form a hypothesis.'
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What is the process of asking and answering questions in science called?
Inquiry
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What is the fourth step in the scientific method?
Perform an experiment
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How does one decide which is the best hypothesis?
The best hypothesis is the one that fits all the facts.
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What must observations be within the limits of?
They must be within the limits of our senses, even with technological help.
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What's the step before 'ask a question' in the scientific method?
'Make an obervation.'
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What do scientists often ask questions about?
Scientists often ask questions about what they observe.
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What is the fifth step in the scientific method?
Accept or reject the hypothesis
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A hypothesis can be a new explanation that...
...is not believed to be true by many scientists
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It is impossible to know for sure if...
...we have all the information we need.
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What makes science so useful?
Scientific knowledge is the best knowledge we have about the natural world.
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