Quiz 1 Retake

What is the study of life?

• Biology
• Geology
• Physics
• Chemistry

What is the study of Earth?

• Biology
• Geology
• Chemistry
• Physics

Which branch of science typically uses lab work to collect data?

• Chemistry
• Biology
• Geology
• Physics

Lab work is:

• A place where scientists can collect data in a controlled environment.
• A place where a scientist can collect data in an uncontrolled environment.
• Playing with white mice.
• Chasing tornadoes.

Field work is:

• A controlled environment to collect data.
• An uncontrolled environment where scientists collect data.
• Working with monkeys.
• Predicting hurricanes.

All the measurements and data scientists collect in support of a scientific explanation is called what?

• Theory
• Law
• Empirical Evidence
• hypothesis

A description of a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world is what?

• Scientific Theory
• Scientific Law
• Scientific questions
• Scientific Answers

This is a well supported explanation of nature.

• Scientific Theory
• Scientific Law
• Scientific Guess
• Scientific Experiment

If a species does not show signs of evolving for several hundreds of years, what does this tell you about its environment?

• Absolutely Nothing
• The environment has changed very little
• The environment has changed immensely.
• Evolution needs longer to happen

A scientist found a seashell fossil on the top of a mountain. What does this mean?

• Someone dropped a sea shell.
• The mountain used to be under water.
• Aliens dropped it.
• Sea shells used to live on the mountain.