What is Science???

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9th - 12th Grade
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Lee Calvert
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Johnny heard that he can show the way the Earth is tilted by studying the length of daylight. Every day Johnny would calculate the time of the sunrise and the sunset to determine the length of the day. After collecting this information every day for a year, what would be his next step?
Form his hypothesis
Write his conclusion
Analyze the data he collected
Create a question
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Brian was flying to Orlando. When he took off in his hometown it was raining. Brian noticed the clouds were dark when the plane was taking off the ground. But, once the plane got above the cloud cover, he noticed the clouds were white. If Brian was to create an experiment about this observation, what would be his next step?
Form a question
Create an experiment
Analyze data
Create a conclusion
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Using the information in the chart, what could you infer about the about of Arctic Sea Ice coverage in May of 2020
It will continue to be lower than average.
It will be higher than 2019
It will be back to the median between 1981 and 2010
It will be higher than the 1981-2010 median.
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2
NGSS.HS-ESS2-4
NGSS.HS-ESS3-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Analyze the data in the chart. If you were to add a 7th subject, according to the data, what would you infer to be the relationship between the pupils in the light and dark?
Pupils in the light would be larger than in the dark
There would be no change in the pupil diameter
Pupil diameter would be larger in the dark than in the light
There is not enough information to make this inference
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The first classification of life was presented by Aristotle who indicated that all life was either Plant or Animal. Now in science we have 7 levels of classification. Why was science allowed to change?
Science is unchangable
Science is always changing as new technology and information is presented.
Original science was bad science
Science cannot be disproven
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
At one time scientist believed that hippos were related closely to pigs due to physical features. But now we know they are closer related to whales and dolphins. How is this change possible?
Hippos have been found in the ocean
New data, like comparative DNA, has provided new information
Because of vestigial structures, conclusions were made
During the last World Science Conference, it was decided to just change the classification
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The past couple years, there has been many that believe, once again, that the Earth is flat. Which of the following has prevented this new idea from being accepted by the science community?
It is accepted by the science community
Certain political figures want to prevent it from being accepted
There has not been enough new data and/or experimentation to cause a change in science.
They did not use a control group
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