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What is science? |
Discovering and experimenting |
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Truth vs scientific fact |
Truth is a 100% absolute, unchanging and subjective. Scientific fact is 99% sure (you never know what you'll discover the next day), it's built to be the same perspective |
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Black vs white Art vs science |
Black in art is all color. Black in science is lack of color. White in art is lack of color. White in science is all color. |
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Define hypothesis |
An educated guess. A tentative explanation for a question based on what you know at the time. Ex car problem check |
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Define data |
Some information from an experiment. |
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What can be a problem with data? |
Human error |
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What is human error? |
Contamination, collaborate, lies and manipulation |
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How do you eliminate human error? |
Test and retest to build a large sample size. Publish work for other scientists to check. |
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Define law |
A constant, measurable, and natural phenomenon. That summarize as a set of observations about natural phenomena |
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Define theory |
Explains laws. |
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What's the latin word "to know"? |
Science |
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Science is a... |
A way of knowing A way of understanding It is A (more than one way) |
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What is NOT science? |
Magic. Faith. |
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Are emotions science? |
Yes, you can measure with neurotransmitters. |
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Is self awareness able to be studied? |
Yes, by doing the mirror test. |
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What are some animals that are self aware? |
Elephants, dolphins, monkeys and magpies. |
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measurements can be... |
Can be direct or indirect |
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Who is Eratosthenes? |
Greek scientist who discovered the earths circumference in Alexander, Egypt using shadows and walking between 2 cities. |
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Can science predict the future? |
Yes based on patterns in nature. Examples are the weather, periodic table, and climate crisis. |
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Extraordinary claims require... |
Extraordinary evidence. Example the big Bang. |
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Redshift |
The displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects. Basic definition - cosmic microwave background radiation |
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What is a Higgs Boson? |
The Higgs boson (or higgs particle) is a particle in the standard model of physics. It's a quantum theory that helped the big bang explanation. |
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What word should you not use for experiments? |
The word "best". |
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Define blind study |
Reduces bias by not allowing anyone to know which product is what |
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Define controlled element |
Constant/unchanged |
