What is Science

Question 1

What do all scientific models have?

Accepted Answer

limitations

Question 2

The process used by scientists when they review each other's work before it is published

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peer review

Question 3

What do scientists call a debate about the evidence behind their explanations?

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arguments

Question 4

Along with experiments, scientists can also collect data through

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observations

Question 5

Scientists use graphs to show patterns in _____

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data

Question 6

How many science and engineering practices are there?

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8

Question 7

The study of space is called

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astronomy

Question 8

The most important thing in science is

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evidence

Question 9

A(n) ____ is a representation of an idea or process.

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model

Question 10

What are scientific explanations based on?

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evidence

Question 11

What can increase our confidence in a scientific claim?

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scientific evidence

Question 12

Scientific ____ tells us how and why something in nature happens.

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laws

Question 13

What is a controlled procedure that tests the effect of one variable or another?

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experiment

Question 14

What must scientists always be willing to do?

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change their mind based on new evidence

Question 15

Do scientific facts ever change?

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yes, when there is new evidence

Question 16

Which of these is not a practice of Science?

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making claims without evidence

Question 17

Scientists study the natural world through observation and ____

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experimentation

Question 18

Which field of science does not use experiments?

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astronomy

Question 19

Which of these can be studied through science?

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butterflies

Question 20

Describes what will happen in nature but now how or why

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hypothesis

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