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- Q11. Which statement describes how a scientist makes scientific explanations?A scientist bases scientific explanations on personal experience and opinionsA scientist suggests scientific explanations and makes up evidence to make them true.A scientist bases scientific explanations only on other scientists’ opinions.A scientist bases scientific explanations on a large body of observations of the world30s
- Q2Which of these answers best describes a scientific theory?a description of a specific relationship under given conditionsa statement describing what always happens under certain conditionsa well-supported and widely accepted explanation of naturean explanation based on the opinion of a scientist30s
- Q3Sebastian drew a figure to illustrate Boyle’s law, which explains the relationship between pressure and volume for a gas kept at constant temperature. Based on the figure, what kind of support is this figure for Boyle’s law?one man's opinionlogical reasoningexperimental testingcritical thinking30s
- Q4Which of these scientists would most likely engage in fieldwork to observe organisms?chemistphysicistbiologistmathematician30s
- Q5How would you determine the relative ages of the rocks on this map?by conducting experiments to find the ages of the rocksthrough laboratory work to see how the rocks have changedby identifying the rocks with the map keythrough observations of the rocks and rock layers30s
- Q6The information used to create the map was likely gathered during what type of investigations?biologists observing the animals in the area and rock layerssurveys of people living in the arealaboratory experiments done far away from the areafieldwork by a geologist working in the area30s
- Q7Which phrase describes the question mark. original idea + new data > ? > then modified ideaform an opinionchange the datapropose a lawdebate the change30s
- Q8Which of these events might lead to the modification of a scientific idea?Using a computer to teach a scientific concept to students.Same experiment under same conditions get the same results.Evidence that doesn’t fit a theory. Others scientists agree.One of the chemicals used in the experiment was contaminated30s
- Q9Which of the following statements explains the difference between scientific laws and theories.Theories based on observations and laws based on opinions.Theories explain why it happens / Laws describe what happensTheories requires scientific evidence but laws do not.Theories are rarely changed and laws are modified frequently30s
- Q10Which of the following is a scientific law?Microorganisms are the cause of many illnesses.Climate is changing due to human activitiesTectonic plates move because of a flexible layer beneath Earth.Any two objects exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other30s
- Q11What term describes “Any two objects exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other.”a scientific observationa scientific hypothesisa scientific lawa scientific theory30s
- Q12Which phrase describes the point indicated by the ? . original idea + ? = modified ideachange the datanew evidencedesign an experimentform an opinion30s
- Q13150 years ago, we recognized 2 groups. We added several groups of microscopic organisms. Why?More types of organisms exist now than before.Fewer organisms have gone extinct in recent years.Scientists invent new organisms that need to be classified.Scientists continue to learn more about living organisms.30s
- Q14What is the description of a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world known as?a hypothesisa scientific lawa tenet of sciencea theory30s
- Q15One develops idea about rocks. Many others accept the findings and ideas. What is this?a theorya lawa set of factsa hypothesis30s
