Science Study Guide Questions

Chapter 1 section 2

1. Are the branches of science

a. Overlapping

b. Separate

2. What do science, art and religion have in common

c. The quest to prove which one is right

d. The quest for a deeper understanding of the world

3. A hypothesis that is not scientific is unreasonable

e. True

f. False

Non scientific hypothesis may be perfectly reasonable. They might be non scientific only because they are not falsifiable. The hypothesis may not be testable for possible wrongness.

4. Scientific theories cannot be taken seriously, because they continuously change.

g. True

h. False

i. Theories do change as more is learned about them. In fact theories grow stronger and more precise as they evolve to include the new information

5. Is science sometimes considered dull and painstaking because of

i. The detailed research required

j. The insights it provides into the universe

Science is dull and painstaking in that careful, disciplined and sometimes tedious research is needed to reach those conclusions. It is grand and breathtaking in its remarkable insights into the mechanisms into the universe

6. Which of the following items decides what is correct in science.

k. Philosophical discussion

l. Experimentation

ii. Experiments are used to test hypothesis

7. How did galileo disprove aristotles idea that heavy objects fall faster than light objects.

m. Through an extensive set of different type of experiments dropping many type of objects.

n. With a single experiment dropping heavy and light objects from the leaning tower of piza.

KEY Terms

1. What is a test that excludes the variable being investigated in a scientific experiment

a. Control

b. Hypothesis

2. What is known as a phenomenon about which competent observers can agree

a. Pseudoscience

b. Fact

3. Is an educated guess, or a reasonable...