Chapter 00. The Nature of Science
Of the sciences known as physics, chemistry, and biology, the most basic is
physics
What two things are not testable?
Hurricane Katrina was an act of God; Vince Young is the greatest quarterback of all time
In science, a theory is
a synthesis of a large body of well-tested knowledge
Which of these is a scientific hypothesis (that could be proved wrong)?
an atom is the smallest bit of matter in a material
Success in science is mainly linked to emphasis on
experiments
Science and technology are
fundamentally different from each other
The scientific method is most effective in
gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge
Science is a body of knowledge that extends back to
humankind's beginnings
In science, an educated guess is a
hypothesis
Which of the following involves passion, talent, and intelligence?
literature, science, music, art
The language of science is
mathematics
In science, facts
may change
A scientific hypothesis can be disproved with
one reproducible experiment
A truly educated person is knowledgeable about
science, the arts, and religion
Which of the following is a scientific statement?
the moon is made of green cheese
Science is concerned mainly with the
the natural world
The synthesis of a large collection of information that contains well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as a scientific
theory
A hypothesis that is scientific must have a test for proving it
wrong
The statement, "There are regions beneath the Earth's crust that will always be beyond the reach of scientific investigation," is
speculation