,Integrated Science, 7e (Tillery)
Chapter 1 What Is Science?
1) The property of mass is a measure of how heavy an object is.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.04
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
2) A referent is a familiar object one can use to describe a property of a different object.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.01
Topic: Objects and Properties
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
3) Pseudoscience is always used to mislead people.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.08
Topic: Science, Nonscience, and Pseudoscience
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
4) A 100 g piece of iron has twice the volume as a 50 g piece of iron.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
1
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,5) The mass of 1000 cm3 of water is a kilogram.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
6) The density of a 100 g piece of iron is twice as great as the density of a 50 g piece of iron.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
7) A scientific law describes how certain parts of nature are observed to act.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.07
Topic: Nature of Science
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
8) The symbol ∝ has the meaning of "is proportional to"
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
9) A theory is a hypothesis that has been shown to be correct by many experiments.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.07
Topic: Nature of Science
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
2
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, 10) The symbol "∆" is used to refer to an object's density.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
11) Equations are used to
A) describe a property.
B) define a concept.
C) describe how quantities change together.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Answer: D
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
12) Measured properties that have different values at different times are
A) the result of measurement errors.
B) impossible.
C) called variables.
D) called scientific flukes.
Answer: C
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
3
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Chapter 1 What Is Science?
1) The property of mass is a measure of how heavy an object is.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.04
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
2) A referent is a familiar object one can use to describe a property of a different object.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.01
Topic: Objects and Properties
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
3) Pseudoscience is always used to mislead people.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.08
Topic: Science, Nonscience, and Pseudoscience
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
4) A 100 g piece of iron has twice the volume as a 50 g piece of iron.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
1
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
,5) The mass of 1000 cm3 of water is a kilogram.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
6) The density of a 100 g piece of iron is twice as great as the density of a 50 g piece of iron.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
7) A scientific law describes how certain parts of nature are observed to act.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.07
Topic: Nature of Science
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
8) The symbol ∝ has the meaning of "is proportional to"
Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
9) A theory is a hypothesis that has been shown to be correct by many experiments.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.07
Topic: Nature of Science
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
2
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
, 10) The symbol "∆" is used to refer to an object's density.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
11) Equations are used to
A) describe a property.
B) define a concept.
C) describe how quantities change together.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Answer: D
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
12) Measured properties that have different values at different times are
A) the result of measurement errors.
B) impossible.
C) called variables.
D) called scientific flukes.
Answer: C
Section: 01.06
Topic: Standard Units of Measurement
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
3
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