Nature of Science Vocabulary

10s

Multiple Choice

You are a Science 9 student.

What does "Science" even mean??

• It's a way of knowing using our personal belief system.

• It's a way of knowing by gathering evidence.

• It's a way of knowing by forming opinions about topics.

Multiple Choice

What do we call it when we can predict a pattern in nature - if we know that something will happen over and over again?

• Causality

• Comprehensibility

• Repeatability

• Consistency

Multiple Choice

If natural events have natural causes, they should eventually be able to be discovered and used to explain those causes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When using science to help make sense of how something works in the universe, natural events could be caused by supernatural forces.

• True

• False

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Multiple Choice

If the experimental work of a scientist is done well...

• Other scientists should get the same results when they repeat the experiment.

• The experiment never has to be done again.

• Their experimental results will become a theory.

Multiple Choice

Our scientific explanation of how something works (i.e. cancer, refrigeration, viruses, digestion) can change.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Scientists can prove that something is 99% effective at killing "germs."

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a "hypothesis" and a "theory?"

• There is no difference. They are both an educated guess.

• A hypothesis is well tested and widely accepted while a theory is simply an educated guess.

• A hypothesis is simply an educated guess while a theory is well tested and widely accepted.

Multiple Choice

Can we prove a theory?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

Multiple Choice

All researchers growing grapes in the same environment find the same results.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• Consistency

• Repeatability

• Simplicity

• Causality

Multiple Choice

Scientists are still studying the vaccine for chicken pox and making changes to the vaccine as new information is found.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• Tentativeness

• Repeatability

• Simplicity

• Dissemination

Multiple Choice

New scientific work is shared in the magazine Popular Science.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• Tentativeness

• Repeatability

• Simplicity

• Dissemination

Multiple Choice

The results of testing a new cancer treatment was not expected, but scientists accept the findings and adjust recommendations.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• Consistency

• Open-mindedness

• Simplicity

• Dissemination