Question 1

Which best describes pseudoscience?

Accepted Answer

process of investigation that resembles science but does NOT follow scientific methods

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process of investigation that does NOT resemble science and does NOT follow scientific methods

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process of investigation that does NOT resemble science but follows scientific methods

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process of investigation that resembles science and follows scientific methods

Question 2

What characterizes science?

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openness and testable

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exaggeration

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opinions and beliefs

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bias

Question 3

Data gathered and used to support scientific explanations is

Accepted Answer

empirical evidence

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skepticism

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pseudoscience

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bias

Question 4

A description of how a process occurs in nature is

Accepted Answer

a scientific explanation

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empirical evidence

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bias

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skepticism

Question 5

The systematic study of the natural world is

Accepted Answer

science

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pseudoscience

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empirical evidence

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skepticism

Question 6

Repeating your own experiment multiple times is

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repetition

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replication

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scientific evaluation

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empirical evidence

Question 7

What happens if results do not support a scientific explanation

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the explanation is rejected or modified and retested

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the results are accepted anyway

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the results are ignored

Question 8

The breaking down of rock into sediments is

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weathering

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deposition

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erosion

Question 9

When sediment drops out and settles, it is

Accepted Answer

deposition

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erosion

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weathering

Question 10

When another scientist performs someone's experiment it is

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replication

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scientific explanation

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empirical evidence

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repetition

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