AUBURN SCMH 1010 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Tools of Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Evidence
2. Logical Reasoning
3. Skepticism
Two Kinds of Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Observational: Investigators DO NOT assign treatments
of subject; no control
2. Experimental: Investigators assign treatments of subject; all control
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An informed, testable, and predictable solution to a scientific
problem that explains a natural phenomenon or event.
Corroborated Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A hypothesis that has passed its tests, i.e. one whose
predictions have been verified
Scientific Fact - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A highly corroborated hypothesis that has been so repeatedly
tested and for which so much reliable evidence exists, it would be perverse or irrational to deny it.
Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A unifying, self-consistent explanation for fundamental
natural processes or phenomena that is totally constructed from corroborated hypotheses.
Hypothesis->corroborated hypothesis->fact->theory
Pseudo-Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A kind of inquiry failing in the realm of belief or dogma that
cannot be proved or disproved with a reproducible test.
Ptolemy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Earth-centered model
2. Circular orbits
,Kepler - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Elliptical orbits
Speed - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Distance/Time
m/s
Speed vs. Velocity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Velocity includes direction and speed doesn't
2. A change in direction is a change in velocity
Acceleration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ROC of velocity
Velocity/Time
Distance Traveled - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1/2at^2
Universal Laws of Motion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted
on by another force
2. F=ma
3.For every action, there is an equal and opposite force
Force - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Something that causes a change in direction.
Momentum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The tendency of a body to keep moving
P = Mass x Velocity
Conservation of Linear Motion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Keeps moving unless acted on
Conservation of Angular Motion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Larger Radius = Smaller Velocity
2. Smaller Radius = Larger Velocity
3. Center of Mass
, Gravity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. An attractive force that acts on very object in the universe
2. The source of gravity is ALL matter
3. No gravity in a vacuum
4. G vs g : G=constant; g=gravity
Living System - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Any living system that uses energy for the purposes of growth,
maintenance, and reproduction
2. If it is not exerting energy, it is not alive
Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. The ability to do work
2. Measured in Joules
Work - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Force applied over a distance
W = Force x Distance = N x m = J
Power - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Work per unit time
Power = Work/Time = Watt
Horsepower - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How many horses it could replace
HP = 550 foot pounds/second
Watts = Joules/Seconds
Kenetic Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The energy of motion
Potential Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The energy of position
Thermal Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Random kenetic energy of molecules and atoms (heat)
ANSWERS
Tools of Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Evidence
2. Logical Reasoning
3. Skepticism
Two Kinds of Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Observational: Investigators DO NOT assign treatments
of subject; no control
2. Experimental: Investigators assign treatments of subject; all control
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An informed, testable, and predictable solution to a scientific
problem that explains a natural phenomenon or event.
Corroborated Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A hypothesis that has passed its tests, i.e. one whose
predictions have been verified
Scientific Fact - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A highly corroborated hypothesis that has been so repeatedly
tested and for which so much reliable evidence exists, it would be perverse or irrational to deny it.
Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A unifying, self-consistent explanation for fundamental
natural processes or phenomena that is totally constructed from corroborated hypotheses.
Hypothesis->corroborated hypothesis->fact->theory
Pseudo-Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A kind of inquiry failing in the realm of belief or dogma that
cannot be proved or disproved with a reproducible test.
Ptolemy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Earth-centered model
2. Circular orbits
,Kepler - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Elliptical orbits
Speed - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Distance/Time
m/s
Speed vs. Velocity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Velocity includes direction and speed doesn't
2. A change in direction is a change in velocity
Acceleration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ROC of velocity
Velocity/Time
Distance Traveled - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1/2at^2
Universal Laws of Motion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted
on by another force
2. F=ma
3.For every action, there is an equal and opposite force
Force - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Something that causes a change in direction.
Momentum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The tendency of a body to keep moving
P = Mass x Velocity
Conservation of Linear Motion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Keeps moving unless acted on
Conservation of Angular Motion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Larger Radius = Smaller Velocity
2. Smaller Radius = Larger Velocity
3. Center of Mass
, Gravity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. An attractive force that acts on very object in the universe
2. The source of gravity is ALL matter
3. No gravity in a vacuum
4. G vs g : G=constant; g=gravity
Living System - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Any living system that uses energy for the purposes of growth,
maintenance, and reproduction
2. If it is not exerting energy, it is not alive
Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. The ability to do work
2. Measured in Joules
Work - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Force applied over a distance
W = Force x Distance = N x m = J
Power - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Work per unit time
Power = Work/Time = Watt
Horsepower - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How many horses it could replace
HP = 550 foot pounds/second
Watts = Joules/Seconds
Kenetic Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The energy of motion
Potential Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The energy of position
Thermal Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Random kenetic energy of molecules and atoms (heat)
