Empirical Evidence

What is empirical evidence?

• information obtained from a written scientific document

• a cumulative body of observations of a natural phenomenon

• a description or short narrative about a natural phenomenon

• one persons insight about an experiment that is being conducted

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What must always be present in order to form a true scientific explanation?

• controlled variables

• subjective evidence

• empirical evidence

• dependent variables

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Which is an example of scientists using empirical evidence while researching dinosaurs?

• scientist reading information about a book on the structures of dinosaurs

• scientists creating descriptions based on their opinions and knowledge

• scientists speaking to and learning from a fellow scientist about dinosaurs

• scientists making observations from the fossils they have collected

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Shelly wants to show an example of empirical evidence to her science teacher about how sunlight affects plant growth. Which of the following is empirical evidence that she could show her science teacher?

• a page of a textbook that describes how sunlight is needed by plants

• a picture of two different types of plants that are growing in the school yard outside of her science class

• a data table of her experiment on plant height when she varied the amount of sunlight received by four plants

• a video of a professor explaining how sunlight affects plant growth

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Which of the following best describes empirical evidence?

• Evidence that is purely theoretical

• Evidence based on personal opinion

• Evidence derived from scientific experiments and observation

• Evidence that is universally accepted without question

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Which of the following best describes empirical evidence in science?

• Evidence based on personal feelings

• Evidence that a scientist obtained by talking to another scientist

• Evidence gathered through experiments and observations

• Evidence obtained through textbooks

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Jenna goes to the doctor who looks at her throat, swabs it, and sends the swab to a laboratory. The technician observes bacteria. The doctor gets the report and writes a prescription. Which produced empirical evidence?

• The doctor looks at her throat.

• Her doctor takes a swab and sends it to a laboratory.

• The laboratory technician observes bacteria on the slide.

• The doctor gets the report and writes a prescription.

Empirical Evidence = ?

• evidence generated by general conversations with an expert in a field of science

• false evidence that some scientists use when they purposely add bias to data they have collected

• valid data generated from direct observation or experimentation as part of a scientific process

• .information collected from textbooks that validates scientific research

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How can we collect empirical evidence?

• Through our own personal beliefs and bias

• Through experimentation, investigations, and observations.

• Predictions from only mathematical models.

• Predictions from only 3-D physical models.

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If something new is discovered in science, what will most likely happen?

• The scientific knowledge may change as long as there is empirical evidence to support it.

• Science will be called inaccurate and untrustworrthy.

• The scientists that discovered the new information will be fired from their research positions.

• None of the above.

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