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Characteristics of Science - PRACTICE!

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Dr. Miller replicate Dr. Joseph's experiment?

a)

to help him guess a claim

b)

to help him lie about his data

c)

to ensure his findings were accurate

2.

Why is science durable?

a)

Scientists never change their minds

b)

Scientists never question one another

c)

Science can withstand change and modification

3.

Science is unique from other ways of knowing and thinking because it is based on

a)

empirical data

b)

Feelings

c)

Election voting

d)

superstitions

4.

Check all that apply in describing scientific knowledge and findings

a)

science is based on emotions

b)

scientific knowledge can be modified

c)

what we currently know can be falsified by other scientists with new knowledge

d)

Scientific experiments must be replicable

e)

Scientific ideas are testable

5.

Select all possible inferences about this fighting behavior

a)

They are clashing heads

b)

They are fighting over a mate

c)

They are fighting over habitat space

d)

They are fighting over food

e)

One is lower to the ground than the other

6.

True or False: Scientists can make different inferences based on having different life experiences.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Why do scientists run multiple trials?

a)

To ensure accuracy in their findings

b)

To help them make a good guess about their work

c)

To prevent other scientists from replicating their work

d)

If they run enough trials, they will get the results they were hoping for.

8.

When we gather information about the world using our senses, we are making a(n)

a)

guess

b)

opinion

c)

inference

d)

observation

9.

When we discard and replace scientific knowledge with new ideas, it shows us that scientific knowledge is...

a)

Rigid and never changes

b)

Cannot be modified

c)

Can be discarded and replaced with new knowledge

10.

Fill is the word that best completes this sentence: Every scientific finding ________ be falsified.

a)

can

b)

must