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WorksheetsScience and Society Pt 6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Poll (No wrong answer): Quote from the reading: "At some points in history, science has largely been the domain of white males, but that is simply no longer true." Based on your reading and learning, do you...
Agree
Disagree
Somewhere in between...
Poll (No wrong answer): 'There's more than one right way to investigate scientific questions: mathematical, hands-on biological, or studying behavior, or using behaviors.' Do you...
Agree
Disagree
Somewhere in between...
Poll (No wrong answer): 'Diversity in teams and groups (whether in school or science) can provide new ideas from people with different backgrounds, even if they can also disagree.' Do you...
Agree
Disagree
Somewhere in between...
Poll (No wrong answer): The article says "Scientists strive to be impartial and objective in their assessments of scientific issues, but in those occasional cases in which personal biases sneak in, they are kept in check by a diverse scientific community." Based on your many readings this year, do you...
Agree
Disagree
Somewhere in between...
Poll (No wrong answer): 'In controversial areas of science, like genetic engineering or climate, scientists should not be political but only focused on the data.' Do you...
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Disagree
Somewhere in between...
Watson and Crick came up with a new idea for the structure of DNA on their own.
True
False
Scientists are, in general, only focused on earning financial or commercial rewards.
True
False
Poll (No wrong answer): The article suggests that some scientists are more motivated by competition, while others by cooperation with their peers. Which do you identify more with?
I'm motivated by competing to be the best at something.
I'm motivated by working with others to find a solution.
I'm somewhere in the middle between competition and cooperation...
The human genome project's ultimate summary paper had around...
10 authors
100 authors
1000 authors
10,000 authors
The authors give a number of examples of "intersections of different fields" - that few scientists only do biology, computer science, or math. Give one example.
What do the authors mean when they talk about the importance of scientific scrutiny?
Poll (No wrong answer): The article claims that "There's simply more to know than ever before!" Do you...
Agree
Disagree
Somewhere in between...
What supposed breakthrough in the late 1980s was challenged by other scientists when they couldn't replicate their experiments?
cloning with no birth defects
low temperature fusion power
on-demand DNA sequencing
the nature of black hole X-ray production
The gender experiences of primatologists like Jeanne Altmann, in addition to her scientific training, was important in revising our model of primate behavior
True
False
Poll (No wrong answer): Scientists that commit academic fraud, like Jon Sudbø, should never be allowed to publish in scientific journals again.
Agree
Disagree
Somewhere in between...
