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1) Ancharacteristicnofnsciencenisnthat
A) itnisnnotnexplainednbynnaturalnlaws.
B) itsnhypothesesnarentestable.
C) itsnconclusionsnarenfinal.
D) itnisnnotnfalsifiable.
E) itnseeksntondefinenthenvitalisticnforcesnofnlife.
2) DuringnthencreationncourtncaseninnArkansas,nJudgenOvertonndefinednthenessentialnpropertiesnofns
cience.nWhichnstatementnisnNOTntruenaboutnscience?
A) Sciencenisnconcernednaboutnunderstandingnthennaturalnworld.
B) Sciencenapproachesndataninnanpersonalnornsubjectivenmanner.
C) Conclusionsnofnsciencenarensubjectntonchangenbasednonnnewnfindings.
D) Sciencenestablishesnhypothesesnthatnhaventhenpotentialntonbentestednandndisproved.
3) Muchnofnsciencenisnbasednonnannapproachnknownnasnthen method.
A) natural
B) inductive-deductive
C) hypothetical
D) hypothetico-deductive
4) Whatnisnanhypothesis?
A) Antentativenstatement,nbasednonninformationnorndata,nthatnexplainsnanlargennumbernofno
bservationsnandnguidesnexperimentation.
B) Anreportnofnthenfindingsnofnscientificnexperiments.
C) Angeneralnstatementnmadentoninfernanspecificnconclusion,noftenninnann"ifn.n.n.nthen"nf
ormat.
D) Usingnisolatednfactsntonreachnangeneralnideanthatnmaynexplainnanphenomenon.
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, 5) WhichnstatementnaboutnanhypothesisnisnNOTncorrect?
A) Experimentsnornobservationsnarenconductedntontestnanhypothesis.
B) Anhypothesisncannbentestednmanyntimesnusingndifferentnmethods.
C) Datanthatnsupportnanhypothesisnactuallynprovenitntonbentrue.
D) Ifndatanfromnexperimentationndoesnnotnlendnsupportntonanhypothesis,nthenhypothesisn
mustnbenrejectednornrevised.
6) Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesnanconceptualnschemeninnsciencenthatnisnstronglyns
upported,nhasnnotnyetnbeennfoundnincorrect,nandnisnbasednonnthenresultsnofnmanynobserva
tions?
A) Anscientificnparadigm
B) Descriptivenresearch
C) Anscientificntheory
D) Experimentalnresults
7) AttemptingntonunderstandnproximatenornimmediatencausesninnBiologynrequiresnthisntypenofna
pproach:
A) Evolutionary.
B) Descriptive.
C) Theoretical.
D) Experimental.
8) Whatnisnthengoalnofnusingnthenexperimentalnmethodntoninvestigatenproximatencausesninnb
iology?
A) Tondisprovenbiologicalnprinciplesnorntheories.
B) Tontestnournunderstandingnofnanbiologicalnsystem.
C) Tonbetternmankindnbyninventingnsomethingnunique.
D) TonprovenorndisproventhenexistencenofnGod.
9) Tonhavenanframenofnreferencenagainstnwhichntoncomparenexperimentalnfindings,nanscientistn
must
A) studyntwongroups:nancontrolngroupnandnannexperimentalngroup.
B) eliminatenallnexpectationsnthatnmightncausenanbiasedninterpretationnofnthenresults.
C) havenothernscientistsnlooknatnthenresults.
D) donnothing;nan"framenofnreference"nisnnotnnecessary.
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n n
1) Ancharacteristicnofnsciencenisnthat
A) itnisnnotnexplainednbynnaturalnlaws.
B) itsnhypothesesnarentestable.
C) itsnconclusionsnarenfinal.
D) itnisnnotnfalsifiable.
E) itnseeksntondefinenthenvitalisticnforcesnofnlife.
2) DuringnthencreationncourtncaseninnArkansas,nJudgenOvertonndefinednthenessentialnpropertiesnofns
cience.nWhichnstatementnisnNOTntruenaboutnscience?
A) Sciencenisnconcernednaboutnunderstandingnthennaturalnworld.
B) Sciencenapproachesndataninnanpersonalnornsubjectivenmanner.
C) Conclusionsnofnsciencenarensubjectntonchangenbasednonnnewnfindings.
D) Sciencenestablishesnhypothesesnthatnhaventhenpotentialntonbentestednandndisproved.
3) Muchnofnsciencenisnbasednonnannapproachnknownnasnthen method.
A) natural
B) inductive-deductive
C) hypothetical
D) hypothetico-deductive
4) Whatnisnanhypothesis?
A) Antentativenstatement,nbasednonninformationnorndata,nthatnexplainsnanlargennumbernofno
bservationsnandnguidesnexperimentation.
B) Anreportnofnthenfindingsnofnscientificnexperiments.
C) Angeneralnstatementnmadentoninfernanspecificnconclusion,noftenninnann"ifn.n.n.nthen"nf
ormat.
D) Usingnisolatednfactsntonreachnangeneralnideanthatnmaynexplainnanphenomenon.
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, 5) WhichnstatementnaboutnanhypothesisnisnNOTncorrect?
A) Experimentsnornobservationsnarenconductedntontestnanhypothesis.
B) Anhypothesisncannbentestednmanyntimesnusingndifferentnmethods.
C) Datanthatnsupportnanhypothesisnactuallynprovenitntonbentrue.
D) Ifndatanfromnexperimentationndoesnnotnlendnsupportntonanhypothesis,nthenhypothesisn
mustnbenrejectednornrevised.
6) Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesnanconceptualnschemeninnsciencenthatnisnstronglyns
upported,nhasnnotnyetnbeennfoundnincorrect,nandnisnbasednonnthenresultsnofnmanynobserva
tions?
A) Anscientificnparadigm
B) Descriptivenresearch
C) Anscientificntheory
D) Experimentalnresults
7) AttemptingntonunderstandnproximatenornimmediatencausesninnBiologynrequiresnthisntypenofna
pproach:
A) Evolutionary.
B) Descriptive.
C) Theoretical.
D) Experimental.
8) Whatnisnthengoalnofnusingnthenexperimentalnmethodntoninvestigatenproximatencausesninnb
iology?
A) Tondisprovenbiologicalnprinciplesnorntheories.
B) Tontestnournunderstandingnofnanbiologicalnsystem.
C) Tonbetternmankindnbyninventingnsomethingnunique.
D) TonprovenorndisproventhenexistencenofnGod.
9) Tonhavenanframenofnreferencenagainstnwhichntoncomparenexperimentalnfindings,nanscientistn
must
A) studyntwongroups:nancontrolngroupnandnannexperimentalngroup.
B) eliminatenallnexpectationsnthatnmightncausenanbiasedninterpretationnofnthenresults.
C) havenothernscientistsnlooknatnthenresults.
D) donnothing;nan"framenofnreference"nisnnotnnecessary.
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