Science Study Guide - Module 4

DEFINITIONS

100

A TERM THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS RELATED TO LIVING ORGANISMS

LIFE SCIENCE

200

THE STUDY OF PAST HUMAN LIFE AS REVEALED BY ORESERVED RELICS 

ARCHAEOLOGY

300

OBJECTS MADE BY PEOPLE, SUCH AS TOOLS, WEAPONS, AND CONTAINERS, ETC

ARTIFACTS

400

THE STUDY OF EARTH'S HISTORY AS REVEALED IN THE ROCKS THAT MAKE UP THE EARTH

GEOLOGY

500

THE STUDY OF LIFE'S HISTORY AS REVEALED IN THE REMAINS OF ONCE-LIVING ORGANISMS

PALEONTOLOGY

SHORT ANSWER 1

100

IDENTIFY EACH OF THE EXPERIMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW AS A PURE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT OR APPLIED SCIENCE EXPERIMENT. 

**  AN EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO FIGURE OUT WHY CLOUDS FORM AS AIR RISES OVER A MOUNTAIN

PURE SCIENCE 

200

IDENTIFY EACH OF THE EXPERIMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW AS A PURE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT OR APPLIED SCIENCE EXPERIMENT. 

**  AN EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO DETERMINE HOW TO CAUSE TOMATO PLANTS TO PRODUCE MORE TOMATOES 

APPLIED SCIENCE

300

IDENTIFY EACH OF THE EXPERIMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW AS A PURE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT OR APPLIED SCIENCE EXPERIMENT. 

**  AN EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO MAKE A COMPUTER PROCESS INFORMATION AT A FASTER RATE 

APPLIED SCIENCE 

400

IDENTIFY EACH OF THE EXPERIMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW AS A PURE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT OR APPLIED SCIENCE EXPERIMENT. 

**  AN EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO DETERMINE HOW CLOUDS AFFECT AIR TEMPERATURE 

PURE SCIENCE 

500

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PURE SCIENCE AND APPLIED SCIENCE IS: PURE SCIENCE HAS A GOAL OF SIMPLY GAINING _________. THE KNOWLEDGE IS USEFUL, BUT IS NOT THE END GOAL. APPLIED SCIENCE INVOLVES _______ / __________ SOMETHING USEFUL, WHICH MAKES IT APPLIED SCIENCE. 

1 KNOWLEDGE 

2 CREATING 

3 MAKING 

SHORT ANSWER 2

100

A DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC TESTS TO DETERMINE IF IT IS A LEGITIMATE WORK OF HISTORY. IT PASSES THE FIRST TWO TESTS, BUT DOESN'T PASS THE THIRD TEST. WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A RELIABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. YES/NO?? WHY OR WHY NOT??

NO --

BECAUSE A DOCUMENT HAS TO PASS ALL 3 TESTS TO BE CONSIDERED LEGITIMATE HISTORICAL WORK. 

200

TESTS WHETHER THE DOCUMENT CONTRADICTS OTHER KNOWN HISTORICAL FACTS FROM OTHER RELIABLE DOCUMENTS OR KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FACTS ARE CALLED ___________   TESTS.

EXTERNAL

300

_____________ ________ IDENTIFIES HOW MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL WORK WAS WRITTEN AND AND THE TIME OF THE FIRST KNOWN COPY AS WELL AS HOW MANY DIFFERENT COPIES HAVE BEEN MADE BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE

BIBLIOGRAPHIC TESTS

400

AN __________ TEST WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE DOCUMENT AGREES/DISAGREES WITH ITSELF

INTERNAL 

500

KNOWN- AGE IS THE AGE OF AN ARTIFACT AS DETERMINED BY A _______ PRINTED ON IT OR A REFERENCE TO THE ARTIFACT IN A RELIABLE WORK OF HISTORY.

DATE

RANDOM

100

DENDROCHRONOLOGY IS THE PROCESS OF COUNTING ______ _______ TO DETERMINE THEIR AGE.

TREE RINGS 

200

RADIOMETRIC DATING IS A POPULAR METHOD OF USING A RADIOACTIVE PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF AN ITEML ___________ DATING IS ONE TYPE OF RADIOMETRIC DATING. 

CARBON-14 

300

A CAKE HAS THREE LAYERS- TOP, MIDDLE, AND BOTTOM. WHICH OF THESE 3 LAYERS, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION, IS THE OLDEST??

THE BOTTOM OR THE LOWEST LAYER OF THE CAKE IS THE OLDEST

BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION SAYS THAT THE DEEPER/LOWER AN ITEM IS, THE LOWER IT IS. 

400

A WOMAN WHO SPINS WAS A ___________

NOW, THIS TERM CAN BE DEFINED AS AN _______ _________. 

1 SPINSTER

2 UNMARRIED WOMAN 

500

TO ENCIRCLE ONE'S ARMS USED TO MEAN ________

BUT THIS TERM CAN NOW BE DEFINED AS __________ ___________ ______ __________

1 FATHOM

2 UNDERSTANDING AFTER MUCH THOUGHT

RANDOM 2

100

A _________ USED TO BE DEFINED AS A YOUNG KNIGHT

NOW THIS TERM CAN BE DEFINED AS AN __________ ____

1 BACHELOR

2 UNMARRIED MAN 

200

___________ USED TO BE KNOWN AS HAVING NOTHING 

NOW THIS TERM CAN BE DEFINED AS _____________

1 NAUGHTY

2 BAD BEHAVIOR 

300

A _______ USED TO BE KNOWN AS A BALL OF YARN

NOW THIS TERM CAN BE DEFINED AS ___ ________ ___ ___________ ___ ________ ______________

1 CLUE 

2 A PIECE OF EVIDENCE TO SOLVE SOMETHING 

400

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE CONSIDERED TECHNOLOGY? 

A - AN EXPLANATION OF HOW CLOUDS FORM

B - A MICROWAVE OVEN 

C - A RECIPE TO MAKE CEMENT

D - A DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A GRASSHOPPER 

B & C ARE BOTH EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY. A MICROWAVE OVEN IS A MACHINE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY TECHNOLOGY. OPTION C IS NOT A MACHINE BUT MAKES LIFE EASIER BY ALLOWING YOU TO MAKE STURDY STRUCTURES. THUS, A RECIPE FOR CEMENT IS TECHNOLOGY, JUST LIKE A MICROWAVE OVEN

500

THE THREE TYPES OF ____________ ARE INTERNAL TESTS, EXTERNAL TESTS, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC TESTS. 

ECLECTICISM