Chapter 1 Science 9/10

What is science?

• A system of knowledge and methods to find knowledge

• A system of numbers and equations

• A system of art and literature

• A system of science and technology

How does science begin?

• With curiosity

• With discovery

• With observation

• With experimentation

What are some methods used in science?

• Observing and measuring

• Reading and writing

• Singing and dancing

• Calculating and analyzing

What is a qualitative observation?

• A descriptive observation

• A numerical observation

• An observation about plants

• An observation about colors

What is a quantitative observation?

• A numerical observation

• A descriptive observation

• An observation about colors

• An observation about shapes

What is technology?

• The use of knowledge to solve practical problems

• The study of living things

• The study of nonliving things

• The study of science and technology

How are science and technology related?

• They are interdependent

• They are separate disciplines

• They have no connection

• They are contradictory

What is an example of an advance in technology?

• The invention of the transistor

• The study of physics

• The study of space science

• The study of technology and engineering

What are the divisions of the study of science?

• Social science and natural science

• Physical science and life science

• Earth science and space science

• Science and technology

How old is the universe?

• 13.7 billion years

• 700 million billion billion meters

• Both a and b

• Neither a nor b