Ch. 1.1 (En. Systems)

Science is:

• the systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment

• a form of art focused on creativity

• a collection of untested beliefs

• the practice of making laws

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: Science is a process for producing ______ based on observations.

• knowledge

• opinions

• guesses

• myths

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: We develop or test ______ (proposed explanations of how a process works) using observations.

• theories

• predictions

• laws

• facts

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: __________ is the principle that observations of real and observable phenomena can help us understand natural processes.

• Empiricism

• Idealism

• Rationalism

• Dogmatism

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: __________ states that natural forces at work today are the same as those that shaped the world in the past.

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

• Evolutionism

• Creationism

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Fill in the blank: __________ is the principle that the simpler of two explanations is preferable.

• Parsimony

• Empiricism

• Dualism

• Reductionism

Fill in the blank: __________ means inquiries should be reproduceable.

• Repeatability

• Randomness

• Irrelevance

• Ambiguity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Fill in the blank: __________ means questions must be testable by experiments or observation with some form of evidence that can be collected to support or disprove a prediction.

• Testable questions

• Hypothetical questions

• Unanswerable questions

• Philosophical questions

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

According to the passage, scientists are ______. They are cautious about accepting proposed explanations until there is substantial evidence to support it.

• skeptical

• impulsive

• careless

• gullible

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What do scientists aim to be, according to the passage?

• Biased and quick to judge

• Methodical and unbiased

• Skeptical and careless

• Reproducible and uncertain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2