PSC Exam 1 Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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PSC Exam 1 Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025
The scientific method seeks to relate physical causes with physical effects. What is the technical term for the potential causes that are investigated in a scientific experiment? - ANSWERSVariables
How much testing is typically needed for...
PSC Exam 1 Study Guide Questions &
Answers 2024/2025
The scientific method seeks to relate physical causes with physical effects. What is the technical term for
the potential causes that are investigated in a scientific experiment? - ANSWERSVariables
How much testing is typically needed for a theory to be accepted as 100% proven? - ANSWERSNever
accepted 100%
What does a theory need to be considered a scientific "law"? - ANSWERSThere are no clear criteria
How does the science definition of "theory" differ from the meaning of the word in most popular usage?
- ANSWERSIn popular usage a theory is an untested idea whereas in science it has passed tests
In Suzie's science fair experiment, what was the purpose of having a group of plants that received only
water in addition to the group of plants that received water an miracle grow? - ANSWERSThe water-only
group was the control group
Of the following, which best completes the sentence: A variable that may affect the outcome of an
experiment but is not either directly manipulated or recorded is called a _____________ variable. -
ANSWERSConfounding
Of the following, which has been almost universally endorsed by scientists as being the surest method
for discovering answers to "scientific questions?" - ANSWERSEmpiricism
What was the approximate year that Galileo began to use and promote the modern scientific method? -
ANSWERS1600
According to the text, which of the following is a good definition of scientific fact. - ANSWERSAn
objective observation or measurement of something physical that all qualified individuals agree upon
, Which of the following is the best example of pure science? - ANSWERSCosmology
According to the text, most people most of the time experience science secondhand through... what? -
ANSWERSTechnology
According to the text, pure science, like art, is - ANSWERSa luxury
Before the term "scientist" was created, what were scientific researchers called? - ANSWERSNatural
philosophers
Which of the following is a better example of technology rather than science? - ANSWERSBuilding a
mousetrap
In the early days of modern science, c. 1400-1700, what group was most represented? -
ANSWERSWealthy, white, European men
According to the text, what is the laregest source f funding for current scientific research? -
ANSWERSGovernments
Which large scientific research project, begun in 1987, was cancelled in 1993 due to rising costs and the
funders' (essentially, the US congress) unwillingness to continue? - ANSWERSThe Superconducting
Supercollider (SSC)
What groups are scientists compared to in the section of the chapter dealing with obtaining public
support and funding? - ANSWERSSymphony orchestra, ballets and art museums
What, according to the text, is the oldest question that humans faced? - ANSWERSWhat's for dinner?
In which of the following ranges of years did the Crusades occur? - ANSWERS1095-1291
Finish the quote frim Frank Westheimer: "A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a
couple of hours..." - ANSWERSIn the library
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