What is Science?

What can increase our confidence in a scientific claim?

• scientific evidence

• other people agreeing with you

• internet articles

• good reviews

Which of these can be studied through science?

• unicorns

• mind-reading

• ghosts

• butterflies

What is the most important thing in science?

• evidence

• discoveries

• experiments

• explosions

Which of these is NOT a practice of science?

• asking questions

• analyzing data

• making claims without evidence

• carrying out investigations

What do you call the science of studying space?

• astrology

• astronomy

• physics

• chemistry

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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What must scientists always be willing to do?

• change their mind based on new evidence

• never change their mind

Which of these fields of science doesn't use controlled experiments?

• astronomy

• chemistry

• physics

• biology

Scientists study the natural world through observation and _______________.

• studying

• experimentation

• reading

• listening

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

In a controlled experiment, how many variables at one time can you change?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• as many as you want

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Do scientific facts ever change?

• yes, when there is new evidence

• no, they never change

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