Chapter 1 study guide

Question 1

scientists can communicate results by ...

Accepted Answer

writing in journals and speaking at conferences

Question 2

Scientists use a set of measuring units called ....

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SI

Question 3

Why are scientific models useful?

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they make it easier to understand things you can't explain

Question 4

_______ and _______ are interconnected.

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science and technology

Question 5

The goal of a scientific method is to...

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solve a problem, better understand on observed event

Question 6

The precision of a calculation is limited by the least precise measurement used in ....

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the calculation

Question 7

__________ makes very large or very small numbers easier to work with

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scientific notation

Question 8

A scientific law describes a .....

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observed pattern in nature

Question 9

Science begins with curiosity and often ends with...

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discovery

Question 10

How do scientists organize their data?

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by using graphs, by using data tables

Question 11

Natural science is usually divided into ....

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three branches

Questions 11