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Definition
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
NJ ASK Questions
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a type of thinking that starts with an assumption and then reaches conclusion based on that assumption
What is deductive reasoning
100
information gathered by the senses or through measurements
What is observation
100
Aristotle claimed that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones. By testing this claim you would...
What is Hold two objects at the same level and drop them at the same time to see which object hits the ground first
100
Copernicus claimed that Earth orbited the sun. Two reasons why most people rejected this claim.
what is Many people that the sun revolved around the Earth because the sun appears to move in the sky. Second reason is people thought that the Earth was the center of the universe so it was difficult to accept the idea that the sun revolved around the Earth.
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Scientific knowledge changes over time
What is science must explain new observations that challenge existing theories
200
an accurate account of an event or process
What is description
200
a study that examines the risks and benefits that a technology might bring to individual humans, human society, and the natural environment
What is risk-benefit analysis
200
People who study nature were called natural philosophers in the mid 19th century, the word scientist was invented because...
What is the practice of investigation the world became more systematic, more concerned with impractical evidence, and based in experiment and observation, the title natural philosopher no longer seemed adequate
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Describe one special role that popular culture amuses that scientists or technologists have in modern society.
What is Popular culture depicts scientists and technologists as "crazy" people that have a lot of knowledge and have the tools to improve human life
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engineers perform risk-benefits analysis of technologies. Provide the benefit of wind power
What is it dos not emit hydrocarbons
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an account that tells why or how an event or process happened
What is explanation
300
the study of the natural world with the purpose of detecting its underlying patterns and the rules by which it works
What is science
300
One example from the past few centuries in which some kind of authority has influenced scientific research or thought , either positively or negatively
What is newton discovered gravity
300
Invention that benefited Newton's work on gravity
What is rocks and space
300
Aristotle's theory
What is heavy and light objects fall at the same rates of speed
400
the process of reaching conclusion based on observation of the experiment
What is inductive reasoning
400
a group of people that shares a set of political, economic, and cultural institutions
What is society
400
The process in which engineers use to determine both the positive and negative effects
What is Risk- benefit analysis
400
Scientific discovery that was not possible until the invention of the microscope
What is Microscopic forms (cells)
400
Vesalius's book
What is "On the Fabric of the Human Body"
500
a conclusion reached by using what we have observed and what we think to be true
What is inference
500
the use of knowledge gained through scientific investigations to the products that meets the needs and the wants of the society
What is technology
500
scientist say that the sun appears to move in the sky because the earth is rotating on its axis. this statement is an example of...
What is an explanation
500
Risk analysis examines...
What is risks and benefits that a technology might bring to humans and the environment
500
The philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, "everything...that Aristotle said on scientific subjects proved an obstacle to progress. This is so...
What is Aristotle's writings were treated as the final answer however he was wrong