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Scientific Reasoning Test Your Knowledge

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define: Deduction Reasoning

a)

the inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle.

b)

Rain on the window?

c)

Reasoning from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion must be true because it’s based on true statement

d)

action of deducting or subtracting something

2.

Define: Evidence

a)

Something that helps either prove or disprove a conclusion

b)

Mr. Neal this is too hard!

c)

The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

d)

Be or show evidence o

3.

Define: Reasoning

a)

The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

b)

HUH!!!!

c)

Something you put on chicken!

d)

The process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences based on facts or other evidence

4.

Define: Theory

a)

An idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action

b)

A statement that explains a group of facts or phenomena; most accepted theories have been repeatedly tested and can be used to make predictions about nature

c)

A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based.

d)

A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained

5.

Define: Induction Reasoning

a)

The action or process of inducting someone to a position or organization.

b)

Something that has to do with Science !

c)

Reasoning that uses specific events or facts to draw more general conclusions

d)

The process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something.

6.

Define : Hypothesis

a)

The stuff that makes plants green!

b)

Proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth

c)

Supposition or proposed explanation

d)

A statement that explains a specific fact or phenomenon; a hypothesis is tested in each scientific experiment

7.

True or False : Deduction doesn’t really lead to new knowledge.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: Induction or Inductive Reasoning uses a general and board examples to draw conclusions.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: Deduction or Deductive Reasoning uses more specific details to draw conclusions

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Hypotheses are tested in scientific experiments, and if not proven wrong, they often become the building blocks of (a)