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WorksheetsIntroduction to Scientific Research
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
Knowledge based on our experiences, acquires through our senses and our interpretation of those experiences is called:
empirical knowledge
scientific knowledge
Knowledge based on the collection and verification of data using the Scientific Method in order to explain how and why things happen is known as:
empirical knowledge
scientific knowledge
Shalimar is watching dark, gray clouds rolling in. Lots of birds are flying away. Show knows a storm is approaching. What kind of knowledge is that?
scientific knowledge
empirical knowledge
Scientific knowledge is:
objective
verifiable
systematic
based on experience
Astronomy is a pseudoscience where astronomists claim your date of birth along with the position of the stars can predict your life
True
False
Natural science can be classified into physical science and life science.
True
False
Physical Sciences include:
Astronomy
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
Who is the father of the Scientific Method?
Nicolas Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
Thales of Miletus
After stating a problem and reviewing literature, the next step in the Scientific Method is:
Publication
Data collection
Experimentation
Formulating a hypothesis
What is the result of research?
Nobel prizes
Scientific knowledge
Pseudoscience
What are three incredibly important termis in scientific research?
validity
reliability
objectivity
methodology
The ability to not be influences by personal views is called:
validity
reliability
objectivity
Leonardo is making an experiment, but he forgot to calibrate the instruments he used. What does this mean?
His results will not be reliable or valid.
His experiment is not objective.
He'll have to adjust the results.
It doesn't make a difference.
Melvin got some unfavorable results from his experiment and decided to light them up in fire, keeping only the favorable ones. What has he committed?
Scientific fraud.
An objective investigation.
Nothing.
Who leads the fight against scientific fraud?
CIA
Superman
NSF
Leonardo
When doing an experiment, the factor that changes, is manipulated, or is altered is called:
independent variable
dependent variable
control variable
The factor that does not change and remains constant in an experiment is the:
independent variable
dependent variable
control variable
