(8) Ch 1 Review

To find out why bread left on the kitchen counter eventually molds is an example of

• using scientific inquiry.

• developing a theory.

• making a prediction.

• collecting data.

Which describes how opinion and scientific evidence are related?

• An opinion is an idea that may be formed from evidence.

• Evidence is an idea that may be confirmed by an opinion.

• Scientific evidence and opinion are the same thing.

• Scientific evidence and opinion are not related.

When scientists create a representation of a complex process, they are

• inferring.

• predicting.

• classifying.

• making models.

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Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers are called

• manipulated observations.

• quantitative observations.

• qualitative observations.

• responding observations.

When scientific investigations produce data that show new patterns that contradict existing conclusions, scientists should

• ignore the contradictory data and keep the old conclusions.

• check the data for errors and revise or replace the old conclusions if needed.

• throw out the old data and use the new data only to reach new conclusions.

• change the new data so that it fits the old conclusions.

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Reliable information comes from a person or an organization that is not

• scientific.

• biased.

• educational.

• tested.

Interpreting observations based on reasoning from what you already know is called

• classifying.

• predicting.

• inferring.

• observing.

Being able to identify good sources of scientific information and apply the knowledge to problems in your life is a part of having

• scientific hypotheses.

• scientific inquiry.

• scientific literacy.

• scientific laws.

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When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike in some way, they are

• inferring.

• predicting.

• classifying.

• making models.

The following are sources of reliable information except

• universities.

• museums.

• government agencies.

• advertisements.