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1.06 The Scientific Method Work File
Science and Theories
1. After reading through the information titled Is it Science or does it just look like Science? What conditions must be met for information to be considered true science? Label the following practices as science or pseudo science:
Astrology: Science of the stars
Biology: Science of the cell and living creatures
Phrenology: Science of the brain and skull.
Paranormal Investigation: Investigating the paranormal;
Philosophy: Science of fixing problems
Physics: Science of matter.
2. How do scientific laws and theories differ?
Scientific law cannot be experimentally disproved, Scientific theory is required to be challenged, to attempt to be disproven. 3. Is it possible for a scientific theory to become a law? Why or why not? yes, if the theory proves to work every single time, it can become a law.
Observations, Analogies, and Inferences
Remember
observations are the actual data that are recorded during an investigation, analogies are comparisons of what is already known and what was observed or found, and inferences are the assumptions based on the observed facts that they have gathered.
Identify each as an observation (O), analogy (A), or inference (I).
_O_ _ 1. Mary discovered that the cell membrane of a bacteria acts like a fence because it keeps some things in and other things out.
_ i__ 2. Mary walked into the room where her little son was playing, found a broken window, and thought immediately that her son had broken it.
__a _ 3. Mary noticed that the countertop was warm to the touch.
__i _ 4. Mary noticed that the side walk was wet and thought that it may have been that the sprinklers had been on recently.
__ o_ 5. Mary counted and recorded 20 heart beats in 10 seconds.
__ a_ 6. The lecturer compared the human eye to a camera.
Steps of the Scientific Method
List the 5 basic steps of the Scientific Method in order:
1. ask a question
2. form a hypotheses
3.
Science and Theories
1. After reading through the information titled Is it Science or does it just look like Science? What conditions must be met for information to be considered true science? Label the following practices as science or pseudo science:
Astrology: Science of the stars
Biology: Science of the cell and living creatures
Phrenology: Science of the brain and skull.
Paranormal Investigation: Investigating the paranormal;
Philosophy: Science of fixing problems
Physics: Science of matter.
2. How do scientific laws and theories differ?
Scientific law cannot be experimentally disproved, Scientific theory is required to be challenged, to attempt to be disproven. 3. Is it possible for a scientific theory to become a law? Why or why not? yes, if the theory proves to work every single time, it can become a law.
Observations, Analogies, and Inferences
Remember
observations are the actual data that are recorded during an investigation, analogies are comparisons of what is already known and what was observed or found, and inferences are the assumptions based on the observed facts that they have gathered.
Identify each as an observation (O), analogy (A), or inference (I).
_O_ _ 1. Mary discovered that the cell membrane of a bacteria acts like a fence because it keeps some things in and other things out.
_ i__ 2. Mary walked into the room where her little son was playing, found a broken window, and thought immediately that her son had broken it.
__a _ 3. Mary noticed that the countertop was warm to the touch.
__i _ 4. Mary noticed that the side walk was wet and thought that it may have been that the sprinklers had been on recently.
__ o_ 5. Mary counted and recorded 20 heart beats in 10 seconds.
__ a_ 6. The lecturer compared the human eye to a camera.
Steps of the Scientific Method
List the 5 basic steps of the Scientific Method in order:
1. ask a question
2. form a hypotheses
3.