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WorksheetsScience Process Skills Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
These observations are based around results that show written quality of an item
Quantitative
Qualitative
These observations are based around results that show measurement or number of items
Qualitative
Quantitative
What is the term for the cumulative body of observations on which scientific explanations are based? This includes observations and measurable data.
peer review
pseudoscience
empirical evidence
What is pseudoscience?
real science
fake science
Why is objectivity important to scientific investigations?
Objectivity means that opinions of the scientists are included in the results.
Objectivity means that scientists add their own biases and beliefs to their data, which is important to obtaining valid conclusions.
Objectivity means that the opinions of the scientists do not affect results.
Empirical Evidence is the for ______ & ______ on which a scientific explanation can be based.
table & concerns
observations & data
science & fake science
How should you feel about a scientific explanation presented by one test or by one scientist?
CONVINCED: one test is all it takes to prove something
SKEPTICAL: one test does not prove anything
Which is a general prediction?
We will have snow.
We will have a lot of snow in the winter
We will have 5 snow days this winter in North Canton
Which is a Somewhat specific prediction?
I hurt
I have pain in my foot
I have pain in my left foot in my little toe
Which is a quite specific prediction?
I like to run
I like to run long distances
I like to run marathons that are 26.2 miles
