Science: the good, the bad...and the ugly?

Question 1

What is a variable?

Accepted Answer

a condition that can vary in an experiment

Question 2

You have a cousin who is currently diagnosed with stage one stomach cancer, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

Do some research on it first

Question 3

What kind of data is chimpanzee behavior ?

Accepted Answer

Qualitative

Question 4

What are the limitations of models?

Accepted Answer

Generally they are not complete representations

Question 5

What does "scientific" mean?

Accepted Answer

Latin verb meaning: to know

Question 6

How does scientific inquiry differ from simply asking questions?

Accepted Answer

inquiry involves investigations

Question 7

What should Jimmy do first?

Accepted Answer

He should repeat his experiment

Question 8

Science is flawed

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

A scientist watches how long it takes for mice to find their home in the wild...

Accepted Answer

Obsevational

Question 10

What kind of data is the picture showing?

Accepted Answer

Qualitative

Question 11

According to the women in the video we watched, what kind of studies are the most under-funded?

Accepted Answer

repeat studies

Question 12

What kind of data is the number of minutes people spend sleeping?

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

Question 13

A sample size should be small to help you collect and keep track of the data.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What is an inference?

Accepted Answer

a logical conclusion based on observations

Question 15

Which one is NOT a step in scientific method?

Accepted Answer

tell the news

Question 16

What is a controlled experiment?

Accepted Answer

An experiment that tests the effect of a single variable

Question 17

What is a hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

an educated guess

Question 18

A scientist watches the patterns of mother birds and how loving they are towards their young...

Accepted Answer

Observational

Question 19

What are scientific models good for? They help us ...

Accepted Answer

see things that normally we couldnt see with the unaided eye

Question 20

What is the overall impact of bad science being reported today?

Accepted Answer

#everythingcausescancer, people are losing faith in studies, companies use this to say their products are safe, People think they can pick and choose which study to believe

Science: the good, the bad...and the ugly?

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Science: the good, the bad...and the ugly?

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