The Meaning of.....
A counter-example
An example that contradicts a conclusion
The trick to getting a paper clip to float.
What is using a paper towel or another paper clip to place the clip on the water?
The conclusions of science are always ______________
Tentative
Can science prove something?
No
Hypothesis
An educated guess
A feather and penny are dropped from the top of a building. Which will hit the ground first?
The penny
If a hypothesis doesn't agree with the experiment designed to confirm it, what two choices do you have?
Throw it out, or modify it to become consistent with the data.
Can science be used to study religious ideas?
Yes.
Scientific Law
A Theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data.
A feather and penny are dropped down a long tube without air. Which will hit the bottom first?
Both at the same time
If a theory doesn't agree with the experiment designed to confirm it, what two choices do you have?
Throw it out, or modify it to become consistent with the data.
Does a scientific theory have to make sense?
No
Theory
A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.
Can science be used to study events that will never, ever happen again?
Yes.
All objects, regardless of their weight, _________, fall at the same rate
In the absence of air
What does it take to destroy a scientific law?
Only one counter example
Stages of the Scientific Method?
Observation, Hypothesis, Theory, Scientific Law.
What are cohesion, adhesion, and tension?
The three limitations of Science are ____
1. It cannot prove anything. 2. It is not 100% reliable. 3. It must conform to the scientific method.
Put these in order:
a. Form a hypothesis
b. Theory is now a law
c. Make observations.
d. Hypothesis is now a theory
e. Experiment to confirm hypothesis
f. Experiment many times over several years
c. Make observations.
a. Form a hypothesis
e. Experiment to confirm hypothesis
d. Hypothesis is now a theory
f. Experiment many times over several years
b. Theory is now a law