Chapters 1-9 Exam 1

Question 1

Protons and neutrons together form atomic nuclei True or False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Occam’s razor states that complex explanations are more likely to be true than simple explanations. True or False

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Intuition is the act of faculty ok knowing or sensing out side the five physical senses. True or False

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A law, such as Newton’s First Law of Motion, can never be proved wrong. True or False

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The laws on Mars are slightly different than the laws on Earth due to the differences in each planet’s composition. True or False

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Cause must always precede the effect.

Answer 6

Causality

Question 7

A substance made of atoms, all of which contain the same number of protons.

Answer 7

Element

Question 8

The laws of the universe are not different at different locations

Answer 8

Position Symmetry

Question 9

An accepted source of expert information or advice

Answer 9

Authority

Question 10

The force that arises from the interaction of anything with mass

Answer 10

Gravity

Question 11

A well-tested theory, so firm as to be unquestioned by science

Answer 11

Law

Question 12

A push or pull on an object

Answer 12

Force

Question 13

The assertion that a world separate and distinct from our minds that actually exists

Answer 13

Existence

Question 14

Any of the four fundamental ways in which elementary particles and bodies can influence each other.

Answer 14

Interaction

Question 15

A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation

Answer 15

Hypothesis

Question 16

The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence

Answer 16

Reason

Question 17

A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics

Answer 17

Model

Question 18

The interaction between nucleons that holds them together

Answer 18

Strong Nuclear Interaction

Question 19

The laws of the universe do not change with time.

Answer 19

Time Symmetry

Question 20

Knowledge obtained through seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling

Answer 20

Sensory Data

Question 21

What are the four ways of learning?

Answer 21

Authority Intuition Sensory Data Reason

Question 22

What is electromagnetic interaction?

Answer 22

The force governing electron motion in an electric circuit

Question 23

Organize the five levels of organization listed here,in order of increasing size and complexity. Quark, Apple, Moon, Gold, Nucleus, Protein Molecule

Answer 23

Quark, Nucleus, Gold, Protein Molecule, Apple, Moon