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Credibility of Science

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Science is only a set of facts. Not a process.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is a prediction of WHAT will happen based upon scientific evidence?

a)

A hypothesis

b)

Inquiry

c)

Scientific law

d)

Scientific theory

3.

What is an explanation of why something happens based upon scientific evidence?

a)

A hypothesis

b)

Inquiry

c)

Scientific law

d)

Scientific theory

4.

In science, you want to be __________ not _________.

a)

Objective, subjective

b)

Subjective, objective

c)

Biased, opinionated

d)

Opinionated, subjective

5.

You come across some research from a chemical company.

Choose which claims show how they eliminated bias:

a)

All of the research chemists are paid from an independent source

b)

The research is done in a standardized way, so the results are reproducible

c)

The research chemists don’t know which chemical they are testing

6.

True or false:

Eliminating bias helps make science credible.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or false:

Having an experiment that is reproducible helps make science credible.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or false:

Standardizing lab procedures helps make science credible.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

If a researcher is paid by a company supporting them to get a particular result, this makes science credible.

a)

True

b)

False

10.
It is a measure of how close measurements come to each other when they are made in the same way
a)
Accuracy
b)
Precision
c)
Error
d)
Extrapolation
11.
This image is an example of...
a)
precision ONLY
b)
accuracy ONLY
c)
BOTH precision and accuracy
d)
NEITHER precision and accuracy 
12.

The students measured length during a science experiment, they got 12 cm. But the actual measurement was 14.25 cm. What was the percent error?

a)

15.79%

b)

18.75%

c)

2.25%

d)

18%