chemistry midterm review

The creation Mandate is given in the book of_______.

• Luke
• Revelation
• Psalms
• Genesis

Scientific models may be expressed as 

• physical representations 
• mathematical formulas 
• pictures
• all of these

all scientists approach their work with a certain_____, which is the perspective from which they see and interpret all of life.

• reasoning 
• worldview
• hypothesis 
• model

An idea assumed to be sure without proof is 

• a worldview 
• a theory 
• a presupposition
• faith

Early pharmacists prepared and sold a wide variety of chemicals and herbs. What were the pharmacists who sold these goods called?

• herbalists 
• alchemists 
• metallurgies
• apothecaries

Who were the first people to introduce a reasoned approach to chemistry?

• Phoenicians 
• Greeks 
• Sumerians 
• Egyptians 

When a scientist explores nature simply to learn more about the world in which we live, he or she is performing_____ science. 

• observational 
• experiential 
• pure
• applied 

Which of the following is a type of qualitative data? 

• mass
• length 
• temperature 
• color 

In the year 2000, there were an estimated 18 million chemical compounds with another estimated 1 million being added each year; there fore, in the year 2020, there will be 38 million chemical compounds. This is an example of 

• deductive reasoning 
• inductive reasoning 
• neither form of reasoning 
• faulty reasoning 

The mass of a crystal as measured on a balance would be an example of _____ data 

• qualitative 
• quantitative 
• subjective 
• deductive