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Nature of science

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When something is subject to change with new information we say it is...

a)

Natural

b)

Tentative

c)

Uncertain

d)

Social

2.

Branch of biology that studies relationships between living things

a)

Ecology

b)

Evolutionary Biology

c)

Cell biology

d)

Taxonomy

3.

If a biologist studies how to save wolves from extinction, he is studying...

a)

Molecular biology

b)

Ecology

c)

Physiology

d)

Conservation Biology

4.

The first step of the scientific process is...

a)

Experiment

b)

Data analysis

c)

Observation

d)

Conclusion

5.

When a natural cause can not be, or is not used to explain why something happens, we say the statement is..

a)

Science

b)

Not science

6.

Biology is the study of...

a)

Life

b)

Living organisms

c)

The natural world

d)

Nature

7.

Dr. Jones spends his time describing and classifying new species of bugs, he studies...

a)

Physiology

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Ecology

d)

Cell biology

8.

A hypothesis is...

a)

A type of experiment

b)

A type of question

c)

A conclusion

d)

A possible answer for our question

9.

What does the "S" in NOTTUS stand for?

a)

Succesful

b)

Social

c)

Solitary

d)

Solid

10.

If a statement does not check every NOTTUS criteria it is not science

a)

True

b)

False

11.

If I want to study how genes and proteins affect different organisms I need to study

a)

Molecular biology

b)

Evolutionary biology

c)

Physiology

d)

Taxonomy

12.

When something can't be 100% accurate we say it is

a)

Social

b)

Natural

c)

Uncertain

d)

Tentative

13.

Science is concerned about how the natural world works

a)

True

b)

False