WSU Biology 102 Exam 1 Carlyole
Q What types of questions cannot be explored using scientific methods? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Is God real? What is the meaning of life? Anything that
can't be experimented.
Q What types of questions can science be used to explore? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Any question, prediction that an be tested in a scientific experiment.
What is a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER-An idea about the outcome of an
experiment. Logical explanation for observations of the natural world.
Q Science is limited to hypotheses that can be falsified. What does this mean? -
CORRECT ANSWER-That Hypotheses must be made so that they can be
proven either right or wrong, true or false.
Hypothesis testing yields the facts of science. What is a scientific fact? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A repeatable observation of the natural world. Confirmed
result of an experiment.
What is a "theory" in science? - CORRECT ANSWER-An explanation of a group
of related hypothesis that has been repeatedly confirmed by diverse lines of
evidence.
Why does science never claim to have proven a hypothesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Because the hypothesis may be supported by evidence but it is not
proven to be true.
Q What language do they used when the data indicate their hypothesis is true? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Supported
Define correlation - CORRECT ANSWER-Two or more aspects of the natural
world behave in a interrelated manner. If one shows a particular value, we can
predict a value for the other aspect.
Define causation - CORRECT ANSWER-The action of causing something.
Correlation does not establish causation.
Q What types of questions cannot be explored using scientific methods? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Is God real? What is the meaning of life? Anything that
can't be experimented.
Q What types of questions can science be used to explore? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Any question, prediction that an be tested in a scientific experiment.
What is a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER-An idea about the outcome of an
experiment. Logical explanation for observations of the natural world.
Q Science is limited to hypotheses that can be falsified. What does this mean? -
CORRECT ANSWER-That Hypotheses must be made so that they can be
proven either right or wrong, true or false.
Hypothesis testing yields the facts of science. What is a scientific fact? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A repeatable observation of the natural world. Confirmed
result of an experiment.
What is a "theory" in science? - CORRECT ANSWER-An explanation of a group
of related hypothesis that has been repeatedly confirmed by diverse lines of
evidence.
Why does science never claim to have proven a hypothesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Because the hypothesis may be supported by evidence but it is not
proven to be true.
Q What language do they used when the data indicate their hypothesis is true? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Supported
Define correlation - CORRECT ANSWER-Two or more aspects of the natural
world behave in a interrelated manner. If one shows a particular value, we can
predict a value for the other aspect.
Define causation - CORRECT ANSWER-The action of causing something.
Correlation does not establish causation.
