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What is Science?
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A #Science #quiz to introduce students to the theory of science
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The theory that the universe revolves around the sun:
Geocentrism
Univercism
Heliocentrism
Suntrism
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The effect of sunlight on plant growth. Which is the
Independent Variable?
Sunlight
Plant Growth
The plant
Effect
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The key to good science...
Objectivity
Obsessive-compulsiveness
Good writing skills
Contempt towards your populations
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A placebo is...
Substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control
A new drug to treat depression
A treatment group
A very potent treatment
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Which of these is a scientific variable?
The name of the researcher
What type of latex gloves you use
The weather outside while doing lab work
Temperature of a solution you're working on
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The scientific method was formally developed in 1621 by:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Dr. Gilbert Science
Albert Einstein
Francis Bacon
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An example of sampling bias:
A diverse group of adults ranging in ages
A double blind study
TCU students as a representative of the overall population
A placebo group
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The Einstellung Effect is:
When you use a familar solution to a problem even if a better exists
The simplest explanation is the likliest
The effect where items float without gravity
The most complex explanation is the likliest
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Correlation does not equal:
Micturation
Falsification
Causation
Differentiation
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Occams Razor:
The more advanced a theory is, the better
The simplest explanation is likeliest
Simpler solutions are probably wrong
The most complex solution is best
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An example of poor scientific ethics
Tuskegee syphilis experiment
Einsteins relativity
Mendel's pea plants
Theory of evolution
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Skepticism is:
Explaining science to someone else
Doubt as to the truth of something
Using proper experimental design
Taking a guess over data
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Skepticism means:
The simplest explanation is the likliest
Your brain using a familiar strategy over more efficient
Doubt as to the truth of something
Keeping science reproducable
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Science can prove anything and solve any problem:
True
False
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Math is part of:
Inductive Logic
Deductive Logic
Torture Methods
Logic Pro
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The scientist that discovered that the universe doesn't revolve around the earth:
Einstein
Galileo
Copernicus
Hawking
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A 'double blind' experiment:
Experiment on blind people
Lead scientist has is visually handicapped
Sample population is not informed
Scientists and sample population are not informed
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The first step of the scientific method
Create a hypothesis
Interpret Results
Run an experiment
Identify a question
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A variable is...
A treatment group
A method for measurement
Something that should be controlled in a study
An element or factor that is liable to vary or change.
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An example of measurement bias:
Not having a placebo group
Measuring only obese kids in a metabolism study
Using metric instead of US Customary
Using a poor scale to measure chemicals
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The first step in the scientific method
Observations
Read what Aristotle Said
Identify a Question
Create a Conclusion
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The greek philosopher that was the focus of knowledge through the dark ages
Aristotle
ArisTurtle
Isaac Newton
Plato
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Science...
Rests on the assumption that the world is knowable
is boring and stupid >:(
Is concerned with the understand of nature
Is detective work to make sense of phenomena
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The most important attitude in science
Subjectivity
Objectivity
Optimism
Positivity
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A person's predisposition to solve a solution using a learned method rather a simpler method:
The Einstellung Effect
Occams Razor
The Grandfather Paradox
The Einstein Effect
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The Simplest Explanation is the Likeliest
Wakka Flakka's Razor
Occam's Razor
Achmed's Razor
Occam's Knife
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An example of poor scientific ethics
A double blind cancer study
The Tuskegee syphilis experiment
A drug company testing on people
Replication of an experiment
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The father of genetics:
Charles Darwin
Francis Bacon
Alfred Wegener
Gregor Mendel
