What is Science?

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What can increase our confidence in a scientific claim?

Back

scientific evidence

Front

Which of these can be studied through science?

unicorns

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mind-reading

,

ghosts

,

butterflies

Back

butterflies

Front

What is the most important thing in science?

Back

evidence

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Which of these is NOT a practice of science?

• asking questions
• analyzing data
• making claims without evidence
• carrying out investigations

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making claims without evidence

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What do you call the science of studying space?

Back

astronomy

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What must scientists always be willing to do?

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change their mind based on new evidence

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Which of these fields of science doesn't use controlled experiments?

astronomy

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chemistry

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physics

,

biology

Back

astronomy

Front

Scientists study the natural world through observation and _______________. Options: studying, experimentation, reading, listening

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experimentation

Front

In a controlled experiment, how many variables at one time can you change?

Back

1

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Do scientific facts ever change?

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Yes, when there is new evidence.