Final Exam Flashcards
Science is concerned mainly with the
natural world.
The statement, “There are regions beneath the Earth’s crust that will always be beyond the reach of scientific investigation,” is
speculation.
Which of the following is a scientific statement?
the Moon is made of green cheese
In science, facts
may change.
Science, art, and religion need not contradict one another because
all three operate in different domains.
When a scientist is dishonest and reports false information, he or she
gets no second chance in the scientific community.
The synthesis of a large collection of information that contains well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as a scientific
theory.
A scientific hypothesis can be disproved with
one reproducible experiment.
Technology is mainly
a tool of science.
Science and technology are
fundamentally different from each other.
In science, a theory is
a synthesis of a large body of well-tested knowledge.
Which of these is a scientific hypothesis (that could be proved wrong)?
an atom is the smallest bit of matter in a material
Of the sciences known as physics, chemistry, and biology, the most basic is
physics.
A hypothesis that is scientific must have a test for proving it
wrong.
According to Galileo, inertia is a
property of all matter.
