Unit 1 Lesson 1 - What Is Science? Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 26090)
Practice To Distinguish What Characterizes Science And Scientific Explanations, And Differentiate Between Science And Pseudoscience.
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Science is the study of the natural world.
a) True
b) False
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d)
Scientific explanations should be logical and testable.
a) True
b) False
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d)
The methods of science can be used in other fields.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Scientific explanations do not change.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)
Creativity does not play a role in science.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)
Scientific evidence can often be a very strongly held opinion by a scientist who has done a lot of studying on a subject.
a) False
b) True
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d)
the observations, measurements, and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate scientific explanations
a) empirical evidence
b) science
c) pseudoscience
d) mathematics
the systematic study of natural events and conditions
a) science
b) empirical evidence
c) pseudoscience
d) math
a process of investigation that in one or more ways resembles science but deviates from the scientific method
a) pseudoscience
b) science
c) math
d) empirical evidence
Astrology is an example of pseudoscience. Why is astrology considered a pseudoscience, unlike astronomy, which is a science?
a) because it not based on empirical evidence
b) because astrology is older than astronomy
c) because it is based on the scientific method
d) because it can be easily replicated by other scientists
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