Test Bank for The Physical Universe, 18th Edition
Author: Konrad Krauskopf, Elizabeth Shay Carter
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1) What distinguishes the scientific method from other ways of looking at the natural
world is
A) the eternal truth of its laws and theories.
B) its replacement of existing laws and theories at regular intervals.
C) its reliance on the opinions of expert scientists to decide which laws and
theories to believe.
D) its reliance on experiment and observation.
2) A regularity in observed data or a relationship between different quantities is
usually called a
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
3) When first proposed, a scientific idea is usually called a
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
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,4) Scientific theories
A) must be constantly reviewed to see whether they are in accord with new
experimental observations.
B) represent guesses that have not yet been compared with observational data.
C) are summaries of particular experiments.
D) are laws of nature not subject to revision.
5) Living things
A) were created as they are today several thousand years ago.
B) were created as they are today several billion years ago.
C) were created several thousand years ago and have evolved since then.
D) have evolved throughout the earth's history.
6) The object in the sky that lies very nearly on an extension of the earth's axis is
A) the sun.
B) the moon.
C) Mercury.
D) Polaris.
7) The stars in a constellation
A) are about the same age.
B) are about the same distance from the earth.
C) form a pattern in the sky as seen from the earth.
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, D) are members of the solar system.
8) The time at which a given star rises above the horizon each night is
A) earlier than the night before.
B) the same as the night before.
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Author: Konrad Krauskopf, Elizabeth Shay Carter
A+ Graded Latest Version
A+ Page 1
,Chap 01 18e
1) What distinguishes the scientific method from other ways of looking at the natural
world is
A) the eternal truth of its laws and theories.
B) its replacement of existing laws and theories at regular intervals.
C) its reliance on the opinions of expert scientists to decide which laws and
theories to believe.
D) its reliance on experiment and observation.
2) A regularity in observed data or a relationship between different quantities is
usually called a
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
3) When first proposed, a scientific idea is usually called a
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
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,4) Scientific theories
A) must be constantly reviewed to see whether they are in accord with new
experimental observations.
B) represent guesses that have not yet been compared with observational data.
C) are summaries of particular experiments.
D) are laws of nature not subject to revision.
5) Living things
A) were created as they are today several thousand years ago.
B) were created as they are today several billion years ago.
C) were created several thousand years ago and have evolved since then.
D) have evolved throughout the earth's history.
6) The object in the sky that lies very nearly on an extension of the earth's axis is
A) the sun.
B) the moon.
C) Mercury.
D) Polaris.
7) The stars in a constellation
A) are about the same age.
B) are about the same distance from the earth.
C) form a pattern in the sky as seen from the earth.
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, D) are members of the solar system.
8) The time at which a given star rises above the horizon each night is
A) earlier than the night before.
B) the same as the night before.
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