Module 1
Scientific progress relies on not only scientist but also these 2 things
Government & Culture
What can Science NOT do?
PROVE why something happens
An aspect of an experiment that changes during the experiment.
Experimental Variable
WHat is motivated by curiosity to understand
Pure science
A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms
Life Science
Interpretation of scientific data is often dependent on what?
Scientist's worldview
This process gives us an ordered way to go through the process of observation, creating a question, hypothesis and testing it?
Scientific Method
The variable of part of an experiment to which all others will be compared
Control
What is a motivation to use science to make something better
Applied Science
The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics
Archaeology
The correct view of our solar system with the sun at the center is known as
Heliocentric
Science is never 100% What?
Settled
When information is kept from an experiment or test to reduce bias
Blind experiment
What is the process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree
Dendochronology
The study of Earth's history as revealed in the rocks that make up the Earth
Geology
Name 3 scientist who contributed to early science (600 BC-500 AD)
Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Leucippus, Democritus, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Aristotle
An example which contradicts a conclusion is called a
Counter example
Circle, Bar, Line are all examples of what
Graphs
An item such as a pot, household item or tool found from another time period
Artifact
The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once living organisms
Paleontology
During which "Age" did scientists begin to turn away from God being at the center of all science and thus developing and pursuing many false paths of study
Enlightenment or Industrial Revolution
What type of science uses observable, repeatable experiments to try and discover truth?
Operational Science
When data collected is dependent on opinions of people it is called
Subjective
What 3 tests do we use to examine documents for validity
Internal, external & bibliographic
The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experimentation in order to formulate general laws
Science