Week 1

अब Quizwiz के साथ अपने होमवर्क और परीक्षाओं को एस करें!

A cm is exactly

1/100 m

technology is mainly

a tool of science

Science, art, and religion do not contradict one another because

all three have different domains

Success in science is mainly linked to emphasis on

experiments

In science, a theory is

a synthesis of a large body of well-tested knowledge.

When a scientist is dishonest and reports false information, he or she

gets no second chance in the scientific community.

Scientific equations in a conceptual course are mainly

guides to thinking about the relationships between concepts.

In science, an educated guess is a

hypothesis

The language of science is

mathematics

In science, facts

may change

Science is concerned mainly with the

natural world

Science and technology are

not one and the same

Of the sciences known as physics, chemistry, and biology, the most basic is

physics

A truly educated person is knowledgeable about

science, the arts, and religion

The metric prefix kilo is a unit of mass.

False

To convert miles per hour into feet per second, we would need to multiply by 3600 and divide by 5280.

False.

The statement, "There are regions beneath the earth's crust that will always be beyond the reach of scientific investigation" is

Not a scientific statement because it is not testable

You conduct an experiment to investigate American pennies in which you weigh 100 pennies. You then make a histogram of the number of pennies at each weight and find there are 37 pennies that have a mass of 1.8 grams and 63 pennies that have a mass of 1.2 grams. Which of the following is a reasonable conclusion based upon the information given?

There are two kinds of pennies. Heavy ones, and light ones


संबंधित स्टडी सेट्स

NU142- Chapter 61: Management of Patients With Dermatologic Disorders

View Set

MKTG 409 Pride CH12 ATP/Cengage/Mindtap

View Set

Physics Chapter 15: Misconceptual Questions

View Set

Chapter 3: Drugs and the Nervous System

View Set

Chapter 36: Introduction to the Nervous System

View Set

Business Data Networks and Security (BUS111) - Chapter 2 Quiz

View Set