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Conceptual physics Exam Questions with Answers Which of these is a scientific statement? a. there are parts of the universe that will never be discovered by humans b. candy Bon Bons contain no sugar c. There are things we will never know about d. matter is filled with undetectable part...

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Which of these is a scientific statement?

a. there are parts of the universe that will never be discovered by humans
b. candy Bon Bons contain no sugar
c. There are things we will never know about
d. matter is filled with undetectable particles - Answer-Candy Bon Bons contain no
sugar

/.The scientific method is most effective in doing what? - Answer-Gaining, organizing,
and applying new knowledge

/.When a dishonest scientist reports false information, what happens? - Answer-They
get no second chance in the scientific community

/.For a scientific hypothesis to be valid, what kind of test must be done? - Answer-A test
proving it wrong

/.Science is a body of knowledge that does what? - Answer-Describes order in nature,
condenses knowledge into testable laws, and is an ongoing human activity

/.A theory in the field of science is what? - Answer-A synthesis of a large body of well-
tested knowledge

/.Facts in the field of science are what? - Answer-Changeable

/.The synthesis of a large collection of inforamtion that contains well-tested and verified
hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as what? - Answer-A scientific
theory

/.An educated scientific guess is a what? - Answer-Hypothesis

/.The most basic of the sciences of physics, chemistry, and biology is what? - Answer-
Physics

/.Science is concerned mainly with what? - Answer-The natural world

/.a scientific hypothesis can be disproved with what? - Answer-One reproducible
experiment

, /.A person who says, "that's only a theory" likely doesn't know that a scientific theory is
what? - Answer-A vast synthesis of well-tested hypotheses and facts

/.Which of these is a scientific hypothesis that can be proved wrong?

a. An atom is the smallest bit of matter in a material
b. Atoms in proper proportions make us feel good
c. Atoms are in all the stars in the universe
d. Distant galaxies have atoms not found on Earth - Answer-An atom is the smallest bit
of matter in a material

/.A strength of science is that scientific theories can do what? - Answer-Can change
with new data

/.A fact in science is something that can what? - Answer-Change over time

/.Eratosthenes's measurements of Earth's size involved what? - Answer-A pillar's
shadow in Alexandria, surveying the distance between Alexandria and Syene, and a
deep well in Syene

/.An organized body of knowledge about nature and a process for finding connections in
nature is called what? - Answer-Science

/.Great advances in science occurred with what invention? - Answer-The printing press

/.Eratosthenes made measurements to calculate the size of what? - Answer-The Earth

/.What is the language of science? - Answer-Math

/.What is more important than a test for proving a hypothesis right? - Answer-A test for
proving it wrong

/.Once a Sieve of Eratosthenes is completed, which numbers are left? - Answer-The
prime ones

/.Technology is mainly a tool for what? - Answer-Science

/.The earliest and most influential Greek philosopher was Aristotle who, among many
contributions, taught what? - Answer-That violent motion came from outside the object,
the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water, and all motion on earth is either natural
or violent

/.Science later greatly advanced when Galileo favored what over what? - Answer-
Experiment over philosophical discussions

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