Chapter 1: What Is Science?

Question 1

Which statement is true about the discipline of science?

Answer 1

Science provides our best view to the workings of the universe and everything within it.

Question 2

In science, every theory must be tested by using it to make:

Answer 2

Predictions

Question 3

The scientific method depends on:

Answer 3

Reproductive results

Question 4

At the time Dimitri Mendeleev produced the first periodic table of the elements, which of the following was not true?

Answer 4

It was the mid-18 century.

Question 5

Which of the following is not considered to be in the realm of science?

Answer 5

Astrology

Question 6

Regarding research on any painting, the scientific method cannot tell us:

Answer 6

Whether the painting is beautiful or not

Question 7

A common area of study for both Earth sciences and astronomy is the study of:

Answer 7

Planets

Question 8

Scientists who search for laws that describe matter, energy, forces and motions, are called

Answer 8

Physicists

Question 9

Which pair are both examples of pseudoscience?

Answer 9

UFO Studies and astrology

Question 10

How did Mendeleev organize the periodic table of elements?

Answer 10

Atomic weight of the element