The Nature of Science

What is the definition of science?

• Observing, studying, and experimenting to find the nature of things

• The study of plants

• The study of the planet

• The branch of science and technology that deals with the design, building, and use of engines and machines

What are the two main branches of science?

• Physics and Chemistry

• Psychology and Sociology

• Social and Natural

• Geology and Biology

What does natural science have to do with?

• human behavior

• nature and the universe

• math

• the making of plastic

What are the three branches of natural science?

• Botony, ecology, and zoology

• Physics, chemistry, and biology

• Geology, meteorology, and astronomy

• biological, physical, and earth

What is the definition of social science?

• The science of human behavior of individuals and groups

• The science of nature and the universe

• The study of plants

• The study of space

What do biological sciences study?

• Matter

• Energy

• Planets

• Living Things

What do physical sciences cover?

• Living things

• Matter and Energy

• Planets

• Stars

What do Earth sciences consist of?

• The study of human beings

• The study of living things

• The study of the planet

• The study of chemicals

What types of science are Earth sciences?

• Botony and ecology

• physics and chemistry

• geology, meteorology

• zoology and chemistry

What is a scientific law?

• The rules scientists have to follow

• A descriptive statement or equation that predicts events under certain conditions

• A system of ideas that explains related observations

• A judge that decides if scientists go to jail or not