Science Flashcards
(48 cards)
Science came from the Latin word scientia, which means?
Having knowledge
Involves observation and experimentations
Science
Who developed Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein
Scientist discovered smaller particles that named?
Quarks
Also ongoing process of investigating and thinking?
Science
Is a process of learning about the natural world?
Science
Is any belief presented as scientific despite it not being scientific investigation?
Pseudoscience
Is a belief that is not usually explained by the methods of natural sciences?
Social science
Science may be classified into?
Social sciences and Natural sciences
focus primarily on the study of people, culture and societies?
Social science
seeks to understand the natural world?
Natural science
Pure science is?
The study of new knowledge
The science that deals with matter and energy?
Physical
the science that deals with matter?
Chemistry
The science that deals with the study of earth
Earth science
Study weather and climate?
Meteorologist
Investigate how geologic features formed in land?
Earth scientist
study rock and geologic?
Geologist
Study of living things?
Biology
to create practical solutions to existing problem?
Applied science
Was the foremost natural philosopher in the ancient period?
Aristotle
was a monk from Poland?
Nicolaus Copernicus
was a doctor from England?
William Harvey
was a French scientist who focused on how decay and fermentation occurred?
Louis Pasteur