Unit 1 test Characteristics of living things/Scientific Method

What can undo a theory?

• A single test proving a theory wrong

• A single "repeatable" test proving a theory wrong

• A change in publics opinion of a theory

• Politicians can pass laws undoing a theory

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Science is not? (pick all correct answers)

• Science is open to change and modifiable

• Science is based on faith and belief

• Able to solve all the worlds problems

• Science is made stronger by multiple lines of evidence

• Science is decided by debate, law, and politics

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The factor whose value depends on the independent variable is the _.

• experiment

• constant

• dependent variable

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The factor that is adjusted by the experimenter is the _.

• control

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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A(n) _ is a factor that doesn't vary in an experiment.

• constant

• control

• independent variable

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A _ is a standard for comparison.

• hypothesis

• control

• dependent variable

An organized procedure for testing a hypothesis is a(n) _.

• experiment

• independent variable

• constant

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A _ is an educated guess or testable prediction

• control

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

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The _ is an organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists.

• scientific method

• scientific law

• scientific theory

Science must be.... (check all that apply)

• Repeatable

• Testable

• Observable

• Paranormal

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