AOK : Natural Science

"All Zs are Ws" is an example of_______________.

• logical language

• science language

• math language

• TOK language

An example of how language affects shared knowledge in N.S. is ____________.

• scientific method

• scientific review

• metaphorical lingo

• peer review

T/F: Natural language is well suited for N.S.?

• True

• False

"If we want to reach an objective description of our world, then we need to reduce these subjective influences. We need standardized procedures in gaining further knowledge of our world." This is the definition of the _____________.

• Hypoetico-deductive method

• Scientific method

• Language of the Natural Sciences

• Science of convention

The first step in the scientific method is______________.

• to create a hypothesis

• to ask a question

• to make an observation

• to conduct an experiment

T/F: In N.S. there are differences between assumptions and hypotheses

• True

• False

Similar to math, N.S. deals with two kinds of science: __________ and _____________.

• pure, applied

• pure, hypothetical

• applied, true

• hypothetical, ethical

What is ONE of the things that ethics limit in N.S.?

• the number of lives we can save

• the amount of experiments we can carry out

• the questions we can investigate

• the approach we have on sciences

Which of the following is a good example of ethical limits on N.S.?

• World War 2

• The Manhattan Project

Carl Von Linne was a botanist who used _______________ to shape our knowledge in N.S. today

• applied science

• the scientific method

• classification systems

• consequentialism