Week 1
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