Topic 8 Foxbook

At one time, "scientific" knowledge was just a collection of opinions and unrelated ideas attempting to explain _______.

• background work

• facts

• observations

• theory

When reporting the results of a(n) _______, a scientist must pay close attention to details.

• evidence
• experiment
• research plan
• explanations

_______ involves asking questions, and locating, interpreting, and processing information from a variety of sources.

• table
• theory
• Inquiry
• Experiment

_______ _______ is one of the systems of checks and balances in science.

• Peer review
• Scientific thinking
• data collection
• multiple trials

Beyond the use of reasoning and consensus, scientific inquiry involves the testing of proposed explanations using conventional techniques and _______.

• procedures
• conclusions
• inquiries
• graphs

The resulting _______ can encompass many different aspects of natural events.

• conclusions
• graph
• explanations
• theory

Scientists report their findings in _______ _______ or during presentations at professional meetings.

• Inferences
• Peer review
• research plan
• scientific journals

To think scientifically, you must critically analyze events, _______, and ideas.

• experiment
• evidence
• Inferences
• explanations

In developing a _______, scientists carry out many investigations.

• graph
• theory
• table
• trial

Large sample sizes with repeated _______ provide much more accurate information, and there is less probability of error due to chance.

• trials
• graphs
• procedures
• hypotheses