EAS EXAM 1 QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following is the correct order of some steps in the scientific method? -
Answers -initial observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, test the prediction
Which of the following is the key step in the scientific method that best separates it from
non-scientific methodologies? ( - Answers -making a testable prediction
One morning, you find that your lamp won't turn on. You ask yourself why the lamp
won't work. You hypothesize that your lamp bulb is broken. Which of the following is a
proper prediction from your hypothesis? - Answers -If I replace the bulb with a new one,
then the lamp will turn on.
Which of the following is a set of ideas that explains several observations and involves
ideas that have been (positively) tested? - Answers -(b) a theory
Evolution, the idea that life--as preserved in fossils--has changed over time is
considered a fact: - Answers -(a) because anyone can go see for themselves (make
the observation) that fossils have changed over time
Evolution through natural selection... - Answers -(a) is the hypothesis (now theory) that
Darwin proposed to explain evolution, (b) makes many testable predictions, (c) is what
is taught in science classrooms because it is scientific, (d) has been tested many times,
(e) all of the above
Why is "intelligent design" not a scientific idea/hypothesis? - Answers -(d) It doesn't
make any testable predictions
What is a key factor that can help someone who is using the scientific method help her
come up with good hypotheses, good predictions, and effective ways to test the
predictions? Lack of this factor might prevent a Nobel Prize-winning physicist from being
a great geologist, say - Answers -previous knowledge
Assuming iridium falls to earth at a constant rate from cosmic dust, which of the
following is a correct statement? - Answers -(d) a high sedimentation rate of limestone
would result in low iridium concentrations in the limestone
How many K-T boundary clay sites did the Alverezes study in their original 1980 paper?
- Answers -(b) three in Italy, Denmark, and New Zealand
The iridium that the Alvarezes measured in the K-T boundary clay layer was thought to
have come primarily from? - Answers -(e) cosmic dust
Which of the following is the correct order of some steps in the scientific method? -
Answers -initial observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, test the prediction
Which of the following is the key step in the scientific method that best separates it from
non-scientific methodologies? ( - Answers -making a testable prediction
One morning, you find that your lamp won't turn on. You ask yourself why the lamp
won't work. You hypothesize that your lamp bulb is broken. Which of the following is a
proper prediction from your hypothesis? - Answers -If I replace the bulb with a new one,
then the lamp will turn on.
Which of the following is a set of ideas that explains several observations and involves
ideas that have been (positively) tested? - Answers -(b) a theory
Evolution, the idea that life--as preserved in fossils--has changed over time is
considered a fact: - Answers -(a) because anyone can go see for themselves (make
the observation) that fossils have changed over time
Evolution through natural selection... - Answers -(a) is the hypothesis (now theory) that
Darwin proposed to explain evolution, (b) makes many testable predictions, (c) is what
is taught in science classrooms because it is scientific, (d) has been tested many times,
(e) all of the above
Why is "intelligent design" not a scientific idea/hypothesis? - Answers -(d) It doesn't
make any testable predictions
What is a key factor that can help someone who is using the scientific method help her
come up with good hypotheses, good predictions, and effective ways to test the
predictions? Lack of this factor might prevent a Nobel Prize-winning physicist from being
a great geologist, say - Answers -previous knowledge
Assuming iridium falls to earth at a constant rate from cosmic dust, which of the
following is a correct statement? - Answers -(d) a high sedimentation rate of limestone
would result in low iridium concentrations in the limestone
How many K-T boundary clay sites did the Alverezes study in their original 1980 paper?
- Answers -(b) three in Italy, Denmark, and New Zealand
The iridium that the Alvarezes measured in the K-T boundary clay layer was thought to
have come primarily from? - Answers -(e) cosmic dust
