Chpt 1: About Science

Which of these is a scientific hypothesis?

The Moon is made of green cheese.

Cosmic rays cannot penetrate the thickness of your Conceptual Physics textbook

Atomic nuclei are the smallest particles in nature.

A magnet will pick up a copper penny.

Which of these is not a scientific hypothesis?

Protons carry an electric charge

Undetectable particles are some of nature’s secrets

Charged particles bend when in a magnetic field

All of the above are scientific hypotheses

Which of these often changes over time with further study?

Facts.

Theories.

Both of the above.

Neither of the above.

A person who says, “that’s only a theory” likely doesn’t know that a scientific theory is a

Guess.

Number of facts.

Hypothesis of sorts.

Vast synthesis of well-tested hypotheses and facts.

Between a pilot and a priest, who do you think should fly a commercial jet airplane? Who should perform a marriage? (Although the questions are no-brainers, they have a point.)

The pilot should fly and the priest should perform a marriage.

The priest should fly and the pilot should perform a marriage.

The pilot should do both.

The priest should do both.

Although physics may be the most difficult science course in certain schools, when compared with the fields of chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy, it is

The simplest.

Still the hardest!

The central science, between chemistry and biology.

Simple enough, but only for especially intelligent people.

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