Module 1 Scientists
This scientist proposed a theory that tried to explain the diversity of life on Earth and how it came to be without a Creator.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This is one type of radiometric dating.
What is carbon-14.
The variable of part of an experiment to which all others will be compared.
What is a control?
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.
What is hypothesis?
The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics.
What is Archaeology?
This scientist explained the physical world with 3 laws of motion.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
Tests whether the document agrees with itself.
What is internal test?
An aspect of an experiment that changes during the course of the experiment.
What is an experimental variable?
____ science relies on relics from the past and historical records to try to discover truth.
What is historical?
The study of Earth's history as revealed in the rocks that make up the earth.
What is Geology?
First scientist to propose the heliocentric model (the sun is the center of our solar system).
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
Tests whether the document contradicts other known historical facts from other reliable documents or known archaeological facts.
What is external test?
Experiments in which information about the test is kept from the participants to reduce bias.
What is blind experiment?
An example that contradicts a conclusion.
A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms.
What is life science.
This scientist studied the heavens and was the first to assume that Earth was at the center of the universe and everything orbited around it (geocentric model).
Who was Ptolemy?
Identifies how many years have passed between the time the original work was written and the time of the first known copy.
What is a Bibliographic test?
Experiments in which neither the experimenters nor the participants know the objects' identities in the set up.
What is a double-blind experiment?
An explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence.
What is scientific theory?
Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers, etc.
What are artifacts?
First scientist to come up with a system to classify animals and plants and place them into groups based on their similarities.
Who is Aristotle?
The process of counting tree rings to determine their age.
What is dendrochronology?
In the egg float experiment, what part was the control?
What is the egg in plain water with no salt?
A description of a natural phenomenon or principle that is supported by a significant amount of evidence and often includes mathematical terms.
What is scientific law?
The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms.
What is life science?