How do tools and technology contribute to our understanding of our natural world?

They help is perform better investigations

With better tools, we can discover new evidence about the natural world

Which of the following would suggest a scientific message on TV could be considered reliable?

An expert supports the message and explains the science behind it

The message seems to be focused mainly on selling a product

The journalist reporting the message is confused about they are talking about

No evident is provided to support the ideas in the scientific message

Proof that supports or discredits a scientific idea

A strong opinion for a scientific idea

An educated guess about a scientific idea

An explanation for how something works

Investigating involves:

All of these statements are true

Who has contributed to our understanding of the natural world?

Many people from different nations, societies and cultures over the year

Only the ancient Roman and Greek philosophers

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

A select few individuals who lived in the early 1900's

Which of the following does NOT correctly describe a scientist?

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

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

Anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, religion can be a scientist

Principles that determine what is right or wrong

Ideas that tell you what to do with scientific information

A way of providing credit to scientists who perform experiment

A strong argument for scientific ideas

Which of the following would be considered unethical to scientists?

Making up or exaggerating results

Providing all the information obtained from an experiment, even if it doesn't support the hypothesis of the experimenter

Using ideas from other scientists and giving them credit

Consider the welfare of animals or humans when using them as test subjects

Select the statement below that does no t describe a hypothesis.

It is like a theory or a law because it is always backed by facts and evidence

It is a prediction about the natural works based on thoughtful, intelligent thinking and observations

It can be proven or disproven with experiments

If it is proven correctly repeatedly, it can become a theory

What was the main objective, or point, of the "Checks Lab"?

To experience never having all the information (clues) that you might want so you have to settle for the most likely explanation that fits all the evidence that you do have

To teach you what checks are and what they are used for

To experience a virtual experiment meant to teach bias and ethics

To teach that collaboration with others is not a beneficial tool for scientists to use when conducting research

Which statement does not describe the pieces of evidence in In the "Checks Lab"?

The evidence was logical and provided a clear story

The evidence was confusing and conflicting

The evidence was random and did not always "fit"

There seemed to be evidence missing from the story

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30 sec • 1 pt

What is science?

Knowledge about the natural world

A process of discovery

A way to help explain natural events that happen in the universe

All of these

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.W.8.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true based on the limitations of science?

Science can help you make moral decisions

Science can help me determine what color I should paint my room

Science only deals with things that can be observed.

Science can confirm or reject the idea of life on other planets

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The study of something that claims or appears to be scientific in nature but is not related to science is known as ____________

Pseudoscience

Neurobiology

Anthropology

Kinesiology

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CCSS.L.8.4A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do scientists learn about things in the natural world?

They 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 assumptions based on what they learned in grade school

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CCSS.W.8.1B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between a scientific law and scientific theory?

A scientific theory can graduated to a scientific law.

A scientific law explains something in the natural world. A scientific theory describes something in the natural world.

A scientific theory explains something in the natural world. A scientific law describes something in the natural world.

Those terms can be used interchangeably because they mean the same thing.

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CCSS.RI.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is bias?

An educated guess

A judgment based on an opinion-not a fact.

A scientific observation that can back up a scientific theory

A scientific observation that explains something in the natural world

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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30 sec • 1 pt

The scientific method always follows the same steps in the same order for every experiment.

True

False

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Unit 1_NOS_Mission Review

What is science?

Which of the following statements is true based on the limitations of science?

The study of something that claims or appears to be scientific in nature but is not related to science is known as ____________

How do scientists learn about things in the natural world?

What is the difference between a scientific law and scientific theory?

What is bias?

The scientific method always follows the same steps in the same order for every experiment.

Quantitative data is anything that can be counted or measured (numbers).
Qualitative data is descriptive-things that can be observed but not measured.
Select the data below that is quantitative about my morning coffee.

Scientific Knowledge never changes. What we thought 100 years ago in the same as what we know today.

How do tools and technology contribute to our understanding of our natural world?

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Unit 1_NOS_Mission Review

What is science?

Which of the following statements is true based on the limitations of science?

The study of something that claims or appears to be scientific in nature but is not related to science is known as ____________

How do scientists learn about things in the natural world?

What is the difference between a scientific law and scientific theory?

What is bias?

The scientific method always follows the same steps in the same order for every experiment.

Quantitative data is anything that can be counted or measured (numbers).Qualitative data is descriptive-things that can be observed but not measured. Select the data below that is quantitative about my morning coffee.

Scientific Knowledge never changes. What we thought 100 years ago in the same as what we know today.

How do tools and technology contribute to our understanding of our natural world?

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Quantitative data is anything that can be counted or measured (numbers).
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