The Nature of Science

A plan for collecting, organizing, and communicating data. The basic steps that scientists follow in revealing facts and solving scientific problems (a plan for solving a problem).

• Scientific method

• Control group

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

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Fill in the blank: The ultimate judge in science is always what (a)   itself reveals based on observations, experiments, models, and testing. Science

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What kind of science is astronomy called?

Select all that are correct

• Observational Science

• Theoretical Science

• Experimental Science

• Historial Science

Answer explanation

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If the experimental result is truly inconsistent with the hypothesis, a scientist must do what?

• discard the hypothesis and try to develop an alternative.

• design a new experiment that will confirm the hypothesis

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a proposed explanation that can be tested

• Hypothesis

• Peer Review

• Observational Science

• Historical Science

• Model

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observing many samples of the kind of object we want to study and noting carefully how different samples vary

• Observational Science

• Historical Science

• Model

• Hypothesis

• Peer Review

a method by which we attempt to understand nature and how it behaves

• Method

• Hypothesis

• Observational Science

• Historical Science

• Model

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It represents an idea, event, or object to help people observe or test it to better understand 

• variable

• model

• bias

• theory

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A possible explanation or prediction of a problem based on observation and prior knowledge that can be tested by experimentation

• Conclusion

• Problem

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Which of the following best describes the scientific method?

• A systematic approach to research and experimentation

• A collection of scientific laws

• A set of scientific theories

• A list of scientific facts

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