Scientific Process Skills, Tools, and Safety Rules

Evolution by natural selection is an example of a scientific _____.

• law.
• theory.
• hunch.
• question.

To be a scientist, it is important for a person to be ______.

• logical.
• observant.
• curious.
• all of the above.

A scientific theory must be ______.

• more complex than any other explanation for the observations.
• repeatedly tested and supported by the results.
• accepted by all scientists in a given field.
• all of the above.

The best example of "doing" science is _____.

• wondering why crickets rub their legs together to produce sound.
• learning the scientific names of bugs.
• catching fire flies and putting them in jars.
• memorizing the Periodic Table of Elements.

Scientists must have an open mind because scientific knowledge is always _____.

• hard to understand.
• controversial.
• theoretical.
• changing.

_______ is a way of learning about the natural world.

• Theory
• Knowledge
• Science
• Curiosity

A scientific ____ is a broad explanation that is widely accpeted because it is supported by a lot of evidence.

• knowledge
• law
• theory
• problem

A description of what always occurs under certain conditions in nature is a scientific _____.

• theory.
• law.
• event.
• pattern.

An attitude of doubt about ideas unless they are supported by a great amount of evidence is called _____.

• theory.
• law.
• doubt.
• skepticism.

A scientific theory explains why something occurs, whereas a scientific law describes ____ something occurs.

• how
• why
• when
• where