T/F: When scientific findings are expressed mathematically, they are easier to verify or disprove by experiment.
What is True
100
True or false: The difference between a hypothesis and a theory: A hypothesis is an educated guess, and a theory has been tested successfully many times in many ways.
What is True
100
Define: Hypothesis
a. a synthesis of data that includes guesses
b. close agreement by competent observers of observations of the same phenomena
c. an educated guess that has yet to be proven by an experiment
d.
What is c. an educated guess that has yet to be proven by an experiment
100
Fill-in-the-blank: If it is a valid hypothesis, there must be a test proving that it is ________.
What is wrong
100
Some people blame widespread ___________ on technology.
What is pollution
200
T/F: Technology may produce problems for society.
What is True-pollution
200
A ___________ is a synthesis of well-tested guesses.
What is theory
200
Define: A scientific fact is:
a. a synthesis of data that includes guesses
b. close agreement by competent observers of observations of the same phenomena
c. an educated guess that has yet to be proven by an experiment
d.
What is b. close agreement by competent observers of observations of the same phenomena
200
To test a scientific hypothesis you would?
a. set up an experiment and look at the results.
b. set up many experiments and look at the results.
c. look at the results of experiments that confirm your hypothesis.
d. Find the best result to report.
What is b. set up many experiments and look at the results.
200
If a science, art, and religious teacher are all discussing their disciplines, what is the one claim they can all make?
What is that the goal for their discipline is to search for order and meaning in the world.
300
Physics is the most _______ of all sciences.
What is basic
300
How do science and technology differ? Science is knowing, whereas technology is ______.
What is doing
300
Define: theory
a. a synthesis of a large collection of information including well-tested guesses
b. close agreement by competent observers of observations of the same phenomena
c. an educated guess that has yet to be proven by an experiment
d.
What is a. a synthesis of a large collection of information including well-tested guesses
300
List the first three steps of the scientific method:
What is 1. recognize a problem, 2. make an educated guess-hypothesis-about the answer, 3. predict the consequences of the hypothesis.
300
T/F: Science, art, and religion have the same domains.
What is False: they have different domains and therefore do not contradict each other.
400
T/F: A problem involving motion of a person is a part of chemistry.
What is F-this is physics
400
Which of these is a scientific hypothesis?
a. Atoms are the smallest particles of matter.
b. The universe is surrounded by a second universe, the existence of which cannot be detected by scientists.
c. Albert Einstein was the greatest physicist of the 1900's.
What is a. Atoms are the smallest particles of matter.
400
Define: Physics
a. the most basic of all sciences
b. is a foundation for chemistry and biology
c. is about motion, forces, energy, matter, sound, light, heat and atoms
d. All of the above
What is d. All of the above
400
List the last two steps of the scientific method:
What is 4. Perform experiments to test predictions, 5. formulate the simplest general rule that organizes the main ingredients: hypothesis, prediction, and experimental outcome.
400
T/F: A good scientist is influenced by what he/she likes or dislikes.
What is False
500
T/F: A problem involving knowing the bones in the human body is physics.
What is False-this is biology.
500
Why is "Atoms are the smallest particles of matter"- a good hypothesis?
What is it can be proven wrong, it is not speculation, and it is science related.
500
The scientific method is credited to Italian physicist _______ and English philosopher _______. (last names only)
What is Galileo and Bacon
500
T/F: One step in the scientific method is to repeat the experiments until the results prove your hypothesis correct/true.
What is False.
500
The study of science branches into the study of _______ and non-__________ things.