Unit 6 Science and Technology, Vocabulary

lt seems entirely (1) ............ to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and other institutions around the world, ...

• physical

• natural

• typical

• real

... there are teams of scientists in universities and other institutions around the world, attempting to (2) ............ the way the world works.

• create

• invent

• construct

• discover

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

However, it hasn't always been that (3) ............ .

• route

• method

• way

• technique

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could work out the (4) ............ of natural events just by the power of thought.

• aims

• reasons

• causes

• impulses

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

During the 17th century, more and more people began to realise that they could (5) ............ their scientific ideas by ...

• calculate

• estimate

• measure

• test

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

... their scientific ideas bу designing а relevant (б) ............ and seeing what happened.

• experiment

• research

• attempt

• analysis

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

А lot of (7) ............ was made in this way bу individual scientists.

• development

• movement

• progress

• evolution

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

These men and women often worked alone, carrying out (8) ........... into many different areas of science, ...

• research

• experiment

• discovery

• education

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

... and they often received very little (9) ............ for their hard work.

• award

• prize

• gift

• reward

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

At the start of the 20th century, though, it became (10) ............ that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientist disappeared, to bе replaced bу highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born.

• clear

• true

• accurate

• actual