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Conceptual Physics Chapter 1 Study Guide

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Physics is about the nature of basic things such as ...

a)

birds, bees, ants, trees, whales, monkeys, dinosaurs

b)

motion, forces, energy, matter, heat, sound and light

c)

water, fire, earth, air

d)

metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock, igneous rock

2.

What are physical sciences.

a)

biology

b)

physics

c)

astronomy

d)

zoology

e)

botany

3.

Galileo Galilei is most famous for his invention of what?

a)

microscope

b)

microwave

c)

telescope

d)

radioscope

e)

internet

4.

What is the first step of the Scientific Method?

a)

Make an educated guess

b)

Design an experiment

c)

Recognize a problem

d)

Test an experiment

e)

Data Analysis

5.

What science discoveries were found accidentally?

a)

Kerosene

b)

Silly Putty

c)

Penicillin

d)

Velcro

e)

Pie

6.

How do you know if a hypothesis is scientific?

a)

The hypothesis is correct

b)

The hypothesis is wrong

c)

A test for correctness exists

d)

A test for wrongness exists

e)

The hypothesis sounds intelligent

7.

Which of these is a scientific hypothesis?

a)

Just do it.

b)

The best time to make decisions is when Mercury is in retrograde.

c)

The Earth is flat.

d)

Intelligent life exists on other planets in the universe.

e)

What goes up, must come down.

8.

Science is a way of ...

a)

Trying

b)

Knowing

c)

Doing

d)

Thinking

e)

Feeling

9.

Technology is a way of ...

a)

Feeling

b)

Thinking

c)

Understanding

d)

Knowing

e)

Doing

10.

Which of the following is MORE concerned with ORDER

a)

Life

b)

Religion/Philosophy

c)

Chaos

d)

Art

e)

Science

11.

Which of the following is MORE concerned with PURPOSE

a)

Life

b)

Religion/Philosophy

c)

Chaos

d)

Art

e)

Science

12.

Which of the following is MORE concerned with INTERACTION

a)

Life

b)

Religion/Philosophy

c)

Chaos

d)

Art

e)

Science

13.

The science that is basic to the other sciences is

a)

Physics

b)

Chemistry

c)

Biology

d)

Astronomy

e)

Zoology

14.

The language of science is

a)

Klingon

b)

nature

c)

common language

d)

mathematics

e)

English

15.

The classic scientific method, followed by Galileo and Bacon ...

a)

is the method guaranteed to lead to new scientific discoveries.

b)

is one of many ways that scientific discoveries are made.

c)

is today outmoded, and of little value.

d)

required extensive memorization of facts and formulas

e)

involved telescopes and pancetta.

16.

A "theory" in science is referred to as ...

a)

A guess that involves a bunch of facts.

b)

a vast synthesis of well-tested hypotheses and facts

c)

untested explanation of scientific phenomena

d)

a type of hypothesis.

e)

a collection of information tested repeatedly resulting in the different outcomes.

17.

For a hypothesis to be scientific, it must ...

a)

answer a question with a yes or no answer.

b)

be based on scientific theory.

c)

have a test for proving it right.

d)

have a test for proving it wrong.

e)

be in agreement with what we know is true.

18.

Technology is a ...

a)

body of scientific knowledge

b)

artificial intelligence

c)

tool of science

d)

form of science

e)

solution to all of humankind's problems

19.

Science differs from art and religion/philosophy because it ...

a)

has all of the answers to everything.

b)

describes the human experience.

c)

describes the source, purpose, and meaning of everything.

d)

is based on faith.

e)

discovers and records natural phenomena.

20.

Which of the following statements is true about progress today compared to with progress centuries ago is true? (Think 2000-5000 years ago.)

a)

Progress today is about the same as it was during the Roman time period.

b)

Progress today is faster than it was centuries ago.

c)

Progress today is slower than it was centuries ago.

d)

Progress today is going backwards to the way it was before the dinosaurs.

e)

There is no way to accurately determine if progress today differs from progress centuries ago.

21.

The domain of science is ...

a)

natural chaos

b)

natural order

c)

nature's purpose

d)

nature's demise

e)

human nature

22.

The domain of art is ...

a)

natural chaos

b)

natural order

c)

nature's purpose

d)

human experience

e)

human nature

23.

The domain of religion/philosophy is ...

a)

natural chaos

b)

natural order

c)

nature's purpose

d)

nature's demise

e)

human nature

24.

Art differs from science and religion/philosophy because it ...

a)

has all of the answers to everything.

b)

describes the human experience.

c)

describes the source, purpose, and meaning of everything.

d)

is based on faith.

e)

discovers and records natural phenomena.

25.

Religion/Philosophy differs from science and art because it ...

a)

has all of the answers to everything.

b)

describes the human experience.

c)

describes the source, purpose, and meaning of everything.

d)

is based on faith.

e)

discovers and records natural phenomena.

26.

I will earn an 80% or higher on my Chapter 1 exam on Friday

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It is undecidedly so

d)

Absolutely going to rock the socks of my first exam