Quiz 6

According to a 2017 Gallup poll discussed in class, what approximate percentage of Americans view the origin and development of human beings as being non-God-guided human evolution (ie Darwinian evolution)?

20%

According to Dr. Scott, theory building is the goal of science

Accurate

Statements that are not logically accurate can be scientifically accurate.

Inaccurate

Theories are the least important in order of how scientists would rank the following: laws, facts, theories, hypotheses.

Inaccurate

A theory can be scientific even if its phenomena are not directly observable

accurate

According to Dr. Scott, "science is an especially good way of knowing about the natural world. It involves testing explanations against the natural world, discarding the ones that don't work, and provisionally accepting the ones that do"?

accurate

In science, facts are confirmed observations

accurate

evolution and creationism are not scientifically testable

inaccurate

"Scientists don't usually talk about proving themselves right, because proof suggests certainty."

Accurate

According to Dr. Scott, "Dogma - an idea held by belief or faith - is anathema to science"

Accurate

According to Dr. Scott, "science is quintessentially an open-ended procedure in which ideas are constantly tested and rejected or modified."

Accurate

Dr. Scott would agree with this statement: Ashley Montagu summarized science when he wrote "the scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof."

Accurate

Intelligent design is a type of creationism

Accurate

Jeff Kurti as Creative Director of Walt Disney Family Museum, felt the museum should be A. designed to be mainly chronological B. designed to be mainly thematic (I.e., story, art, music, innovation, family) C. designed to be mainly why Walt Disney did things rather than what he did D. b & c E. none of the above

D

The following is a confirmed fact in science: living things are composed of cells

accurate