prologue ML&M

Question 1

science is a body of knowledge that extends back to

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humankind’s beginnings

Question 2

the language of science is

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mathematics

Question 3

scientific equations in a conceptual course are mainly

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guides to thinking about the relationships between concepts

Question 4

the scientific method is most effective in

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gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge

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in science, facts

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may change

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success in science is mainly linked to emphasis on

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experiments

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a scientific hypothesis can be disproved with

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one reproducible experiment

Question 8

when a scientist is dishonest and reports false information, he or she

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gets no second chance in the scientific community

Question 9

a hypothesis that is scientific must have a test for proving it

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wrong

Question 10

the statement, “There are regions beneath the Earth’s crust that will always be beyond the reach of scientific investigation,” is

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speculation

Question 11

science, art, and religion need not contradict one another because

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all three operate in different domains

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science is concerned mainly with the

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natural world

Question 13

a truly educated person is knowledgeable about

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all of the above

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science and technology are

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fundamentally different from each other

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technology is mainly

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a tool of science

Question 16

of the sciences known as physics, chemistry, and biology, the most basic is

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physics