Biology Honors Chapter 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a goal of science?

• To explain natural phenomena

• To create fictional stories

• To ignore evidence

• To discourage questioning

Open Ended

Why is it important for society to understand the nature of science?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of science?

• Always changing

• A process

• Deals with supernatural phenomena

• Based on beliefs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what science is, according to the slides?

• A list of unchanging facts and beliefs

• A process that is always changing and deals with the natural world

• Something that explains the supernatural world

• A set of personal beliefs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a step that scientists take when proposing explanations?

• Organizing information in an orderly way

• Relying on personal beliefs

• Proposing explanations based on evidence

• Dealing only with the natural world

Open Ended

How is science different from other ways of explaining how the world works?

Open Ended

What is the purpose of peer review in science?

Fill in the Blank

Science is always changing because scientists are constantly ___, debating, and revising scientific explanations of events in the natural world.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the main goals of science?

• To provide natural and testable explanations for events in the natural world

• To use explanations supported by data to understand patterns in nature

• To make useful predictions about natural events

• To prove that all scientific theories are correct

Open Ended

How is scientific knowledge different from other types of knowledge?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct order of steps in the scientific method?

• Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Collect Data, Analyze, Conclusion

• Question, Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze, Collect Data, Conclusion

• Observation, Hypothesis, Question, Experiment, Analyze, Collect Data, Conclusion

• Observation, Experiment, Hypothesis, Question, Collect Data, Analyze, Conclusion

Fill in the Blank

Observation in science is best described as ___.

Open Ended

Why is the act of observation important in the scientific method?

Multiple Select

Which statements about forming a hypothesis are correct?

• A hypothesis is a tentative scientific explanation that can be tested by further observation or experimentation

• Inferences are logical interpretations based on what scientists know already

• A hypothesis is always proven true after one experiment

• Inferences lead to a hypothesis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a controlled experiment?

• An experiment where all variables are changed at once

• An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time

• An experiment with no variables

• An experiment where variables are not measured

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?

• The plant is green

• The plant is tall

• The plant has 8 leaves

• The plant looks healthy

Open Ended

Why is it important to have a large sample size in scientific experiments?

Multiple Choice

What are two possible outcomes when reviewing data in an experiment?

• Supporting or refuting the hypothesis

• Ignoring the hypothesis

• Repeating the experiment without changes

• Drawing conclusions without data

Open Ended

Why might some hypotheses not be testable through experiments? Provide at least one example.

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank: In science, a theory is a highly-reliable scientific explanation of events in the natural world that unifies many repeated observations and incorporates durable, well-supported ________.

Open Ended

Explain why scientific theories can change over time. Use an example to support your answer.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about scientific theories is correct?

• A scientific theory is a tested and reliable explanation that unifies repeated observations.

• A scientific theory is just a guess with little evidence.

• Scientific theories never change.

• Scientific theories are always absolutely true.

Open Ended

How is a scientific theory different than a hypothesis?

Open Ended

How do you think understanding the goals and procedures of science can help you in your everyday life?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the objectives you should be able to achieve by the end of this lesson?

• Describe the goals of science

• Explain the procedures at the core of scientific methodology

• Define what a scientific theory is

• List the branches of engineering