Food Science: Lesson One - What is Science?

Science does NOT enable society and the economy to advance in which of the following ways?

• Make informed decisions

• Solve problems

• Create new innovations

• Make moral judgment calls

One indicator of pseudo-science is only​ (a)   book(s) ​ (b)   published.

• one
• two
• is
• are

What is the most important thing in science?

• evidence

• discoveries

• experiments

• explosions

List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Form a hypothesis

Conduct experiment

Ask a question

Analyze results

Communicate results

Draw conclusions

When reporting scientific work, communication and collaboration are essential.

• True

• False

Biology is a subject of environmental science.

• True

• False

Select ALL the following fields of science.

• Engineering

• Environmental science

• Food Science

• Life Science

Theories describe what happens in an experiment.

• True

• False

The scientist tested his _______ by performing repeated _______.

• hypothesis - experiments

• hypothesis- data

• facts - experiments

• facts - observations

Which of the following is NOT true about a scientific law?

• It is based on a series of hypotheses.

• It holds true every time it is used.

• It is predictive

• It describes why something occurs