Concepts of Science
1010: Auburn
University (Exam 1)
questions and answers
What is the first attempt that we must understand
about physical science? - answer To understand the
workings of the universe
What is the second attempt that we must
understand about physical science? - answer To
describe the universe with mathematics and/or
precise language
What is the third attempt that we must understand
about physical science? - answer To make
predictions about the world around us
What is the first step of the scientific method? -
answer Observation
What is the second step of the scientific method? -
answer Identifying patterns
, What is the third step of the scientific method? -
answer Develop a hypothesis
What does qualitative mean? - answer It is talking
about the quality of for example- something falling
What does quantitative mean? - answer It is
talking about the quantity for example--how high
does it bounce? how long does it take to fall?
What is the last step of the scientific method? -
answer Predict and test
Who is Ptolemy? - answer An egyptian astonomer
in second century AD who came up with the
"geocentric" universe and based his model on
observation and data
What is a geocentric universe? - answer A universe
where everything revolves around the earth
Who was Nicolas Copernicus? - answer Almost 13
centuries later, he fit that research Ptolemy did to
a different model that explained things better. This
was called the "heliocentric" model
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