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WorksheetsCMC UNIT 1 Science & society
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Tick all sentences that are true.
Science can give answers for everything.
Science is continually refining and expanding
People all over the world participate in the process of science.
The knowledge generated by science can be used to deal with many sorts of problems.
Scienc is both a body of knowledge and a process.
What are the limits of science? Tick them.
Science is always good and useful for humans.
Science does not make moral judgements.
Science does not make aesthetic judgements.
Science does not tell you how to use scientific knowledge.
Science does not draw conclusions about supernatural explanations.
What statements can be applied to science and NOT TO PSEUDOSCIENCE? Tick them.
It doesn't accept criticism.
It involves the whole scientific community.
It's based on verifiable results.
It takes account of all new discoveries.
Its results can be measured accurately.
What statement about science is NOT TRUE?
It gives only positive answers to human questions.
It focuses on the natural world.
It relies on evidence.
It tries to explain the natural world.
It leads to new research all the time.
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.
True
False
Are we talking about Science or Technology?
"It is a methodical way of gaining knowledge on a particular subject, through observation and experiments."
Science
Technology
Are we talking about Science or Technology?
"It can be useful or harmful."
Science
Technology
Are we talking about Science or Technology?
"It is useful."
Science
Technology
Are we talking about Science or Technology?
"It changes constantly."
Science
Technology
Are we talking about Science or Technology?
"It puts the study of structure and behavior of natural and physical world into practice."
Science
Technology
Are we talking about Science or Technology?
"It simplifies the work and fulfills the needs of people.."
Science
Technology
Science puts the stress on discoveries whereas technology puts the stress on inventions.
True
False
Science is the use of laws of nature to create new products whereas technology is the process of exploring new knowledge.
True
False
Formal sciences use an "a priori" methodology as opposed to "empirical" methodology.
True
False
"Physics" is an example of ...
Formal science
Natural science
Social science
"Mathematics" is an example of ...
Formal science
Natural science
Social science
Some examples of social sciences are ....
Tick all possible answers.
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
History
Biology
Some examples of formal sciences are ....
Tick all possible answers.
Computer science
Statistics
Mathematics
Theology
Biology
Complete:
................ science is based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
Empirical
Formal
Natural
Computer
Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology and Physics are examples of ............ .
social science
formal science
natural science
easy science
