Conceptual Physics Chapter 1 Study Guide

Physics is about the nature of basic things such as ...

• birds, bees, ants, trees, whales, monkeys, dinosaurs

• motion, forces, energy, matter, heat, sound and light

• water, fire, earth, air

• metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock, igneous rock

What are physical sciences.

• biology

• physics

• astronomy

• zoology

• botany

Galileo Galilei is most famous for his invention of what?

• microscope

• microwave

• telescope

• radioscope

• internet

What is the first step of the Scientific Method?

• Make an educated guess

• Design an experiment

• Recognize a problem

• Test an experiment

• Data Analysis

What science discoveries were found accidentally?

• Kerosene

• Silly Putty

• Penicillin

• Velcro

• Pie

How do you know if a hypothesis is scientific?

• The hypothesis is correct

• The hypothesis is wrong

• A test for correctness exists

• A test for wrongness exists

• The hypothesis sounds intelligent

Which of these is a scientific hypothesis?

• Just do it.

• The best time to make decisions is when Mercury is in retrograde.

• The Earth is flat.

• Intelligent life exists on other planets in the universe.

• What goes up, must come down.

Science is a way of ...

• Trying

• Knowing

• Doing

• Thinking

• Feeling

Technology is a way of ...

• Feeling

• Thinking

• Understanding

• Knowing

• Doing

Which of the following is MORE concerned with ORDER

• Life

• Religion/Philosophy

• Chaos

• Art

• Science