NOS Lesson 3 Science and Society

Multiple Choice

What is the goal of science?

• To gain knowledge about the natural world

• Make Everyone Happy in the world.

Multiple Choice

(True/False) scientific thought and

investigation have had a tremendous

impact on society throughout

history.​

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In science, you want to be __________ not _________.

• Objective, subjective

• Subjective, objective

• Biased, opinionated

• Opinionated, subjective

Multiple Choice

What is the BEST reason you must always repeat an experiment?

• Make sure your data is consistent and accurate.

• Make sure your data supports your prediction.

• Make sure your experiment is easy to do.

• Make sure your experiment has lots of data.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is necessary in order for a scientific investigation to be valid?

• The investigation must be able to be repeated by others.

• The investigation must produce data that can be graphed.

• The investigation must follow all the steps of the scientific method.

• The investigation must have a conclusion that matches the prediction.

Multiple Select

What should be considered when evaluating the author of a source?

• The author’s credentials (experience in the field or at a university).

• If the author has written about the topic somewhere else.

• The types of organizations, research-based or commercial-based, in which the author may be associated.

• The author's appearance and confidence level.

Multiple Choice

When can we say that a website is valid and reliable?

• The website’s author is clear, and the date is recent.

• The website contains errors in spelling.

• There are lots of advertisements on the page.

• The

  hyperlinks to other websites are not working.

Multiple Choice

What happens if the results of a scientist's experiment are NOT similar to the results gathered by other scientists doing the same experiment at a later date?

• The results of the experiment are changed by the scientists.

• The results of the experiment are published in scientific journals.

• The results of the experiment are questioned by the other scientists.

• The results of the experiment are accepted by the scientific community.

Multiple Choice

In order to increase the speed of a vehicle, a lighter material is used to build it.

• CRITERIA

• CONSTRAINT

• TRADE-OFF

• NEITHER

Multiple Choice

Trade-offs are never a good thing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

Explain why it is important to have cost effectiveness in projects.

Multiple Select

You come across some research from a chemical company.

Choose which claims show how they eliminated bias:

• All of the research chemists are paid from an independent source

• The research is done in a standardized way, so the results are reproducible

• The research chemists don’t know which chemical they are testing