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CMC UNIT 1 Science & society

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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1.

Tick all sentences that are true.

a)

Science can give answers for everything.

b)

Science is continually refining and expanding

c)

People all over the world participate in the process of science.

d)

The knowledge generated by science can be used to deal with many sorts of problems.

e)

Scienc is both a body of knowledge and a process.

2.

What are the limits of science? Tick them.

a)

Science is always good and useful for humans.

b)

Science does not make moral judgements.

c)

Science does not make aesthetic judgements.

d)

Science does not tell you how to use scientific knowledge.

e)

Science does not draw conclusions about supernatural explanations.

3.

What statements can be applied to science and NOT TO PSEUDOSCIENCE? Tick them.

a)

It doesn't accept criticism.

b)

It involves the whole scientific community.

c)

It's based on verifiable results.

d)

It takes account of all new discoveries.

e)

Its results can be measured accurately.

4.

What statement about science is NOT TRUE?

a)

It gives only positive answers to human questions.

b)

It focuses on the natural world.

c)

It relies on evidence.

d)

It tries to explain the natural world.

e)

It leads to new research all the time.

5.

The idea that a supernatural afterlife exists is not a part of science, since this afterlife operates outside the rules that govern the natural world.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Are we talking about Science or Technology?


"It is a methodical way of gaining knowledge on a particular subject, through observation and experiments."

a)

Science

b)

Technology

7.

Are we talking about Science or Technology?


"It can be useful or harmful."

a)

Science

b)

Technology

8.

Are we talking about Science or Technology?


"It is useful."

a)

Science

b)

Technology

9.

Are we talking about Science or Technology?


"It changes constantly."

a)

Science

b)

Technology

10.

Are we talking about Science or Technology?


"It puts the study of structure and behavior of natural and physical world into practice."

a)

Science

b)

Technology

11.

Are we talking about Science or Technology?


"It simplifies the work and fulfills the needs of people.."

a)

Science

b)

Technology

12.

Science puts the stress on discoveries whereas technology puts the stress on inventions.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Science is the use of laws of nature to create new products whereas technology is the process of exploring new knowledge.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Formal sciences use an "a priori" methodology as opposed to "empirical" methodology.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

"Physics" is an example of ...

a)

Formal science

b)

Natural science

c)

Social science

16.

"Mathematics" is an example of ...

a)

Formal science

b)

Natural science

c)

Social science

17.

Some examples of social sciences are ....

Tick all possible answers.

a)

Psychology

b)

Sociology

c)

Economics

d)

History

e)

Biology

18.

Some examples of formal sciences are ....

Tick all possible answers.

a)

Computer science

b)

Statistics

c)

Mathematics

d)

Theology

e)

Biology

19.

Complete:


................ science is based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

a)

Empirical

b)

Formal

c)

Natural

d)

Computer

20.

Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology and Physics are examples of ............ .

a)

social science

b)

formal science

c)

natural science

d)

easy science