Nature of Science

Which of the following is not an important process in scientific thinking and inquiry?

• Bias

• Curiosity

• Skepticism

• Logical thinking

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

• Asking a question

• Forming a hypothesis

• Sharing results

• Proving that your hypothesis is true

_____ is the basis for scientific knowledge.

• Empirical evidence

• Bias

• Asking questions

• Forming a hypothesis

Which of the following statements is true about empirical evidence?

• Observed directly through research or investigation, basis for scientific knowledge

• Opinion or prejudice based

• Critical thinking to question results and conclusions

• Use of reasoning through information to make conclusions supported by evidence

Using senses or scientific tools to study the world and describe what is happening

• observation

• inference

• objective

• bias

_____ observations are measured using numbers

• qualitative

• quantitative

• qualiferous

• subjective

Which term means described using language?

• qualitative

• quantitative

• objective

• subjective

A predicted answer to a scientific question, an inference about what will occur in a scientific experiment based on observations

• hypothesis

• qualitative

• objective

• sample size

The amount of times a hypothesis is tested

• sample size

• bias

• quantitative

• inference

Objective means opinion based while subjective means fact based.

• True

• False