Understanding the Nature of Science Exam

What is Science?

• Knowledge about the natural world

• A process of discovery

• A way to help explain phenomena and events that occur in the universe

• All of the above

What is Evidence?

• A strong opinion for a scientific idea

• An educated guess about a scientific idea

• Proof that supports or proves a scientific idea

• An explanation for how something works in the natual world

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Who has contributed to our understanding of the natural world?

• Only the ancient Roman and Greek philosophers

• Only scientists that have performed scientific research over the past 50 years

• Many people from different nations, societies and cultures over the years

• A select few people who lived in the early 1900's.

What does investigating involve?

• Testing Questions

• Making observations

• analyzing data

• All of the above

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True or False: Scientific knowledge NEVER changes. What we thought 100 years ago is the same as what we know today.

• True

• False

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Which of the following does NOT correctly describe a scientist?

• A scientist is someone who uses science to explain things in the natural world.

• A scientist carries out investigations and makes discoveries about the natural world

• A scientist is most likely an older male with a degree from a prestigious college

• Anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, ag, religion or socioeconomic background can be a scientist

How do scientist learn about things in the natural world?

• They philosophize and make up ideas based on their personal beliefs

• They carry out investigations and perform experiments

• They make non-scientific observations about things in the environment

• They create new evidence based on their assumption about the natural world

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