SCIE 326 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH 100 % CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED

Inductive Attitude - Aims at adapting our beliefs to our experiences as efficiently as possible Three moral qualities (inductive attitude) - Intellectual courage Intellectual Honesty Wise Restraint Why is it important to study science? 3pts - 1. unlimited freedom of inquiry 2. important to know science is not static, and it evolves 3. important to study science and scientific pov for even if no one else plans to engage Reason why religion and science is on opposing sides - religious groups oppose all research on methods for the control of human fertility, religious groups challenge the freedom of inquiry General definition of science - way to generate relative knowledge, and an accurate way of gaining this knowledge. Need to have inductive attitude, based on human activity reason why the scientific revolution did not take place in china - number of authorities that governed china, confucianism was a major aspect. chinese script not good for math was hindered by imperial beaucracy reason why the scientific revolution did not take place in islam - rise of religious fundamentalism, science and religion were opposing forces. couldnt question science without questioning god Describe ruentgen's discovery of x rays - was holding a small lead disk between phosphar tube and cathoder ray tube, noticed the shadows of his hand kekule's discovery of Benzene - - issue was the benzene does not accept any new H molecules- had chain of carbons close in on themselves to make room for bonding - visual approach to benzene discovery of energy bands in solids - used quantam mechanics to solve the problem, used the fact ions in a metal are arranged in an orderly periodic fashion biogeographical studies -humbodlt journeyed to south america and mexico realized that there was differences between geographical location and vegetation developed theory of biogeography: physical conditions of an area influence the features of an ecosystem small pox - was told that if you had cowpox you wouldnt get small pox found that was true, but only if a pustules is at its strongest