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Questions
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- What is an observation? Give an example.
- Are all observations correct? What do scientists do to "weed
out" incorrect observations? Does this method always work?
Explain.
- What is the difference between an observation and a fact?
- The text claims that all scientific facts are not correct. How
can this be? Give an example of something that was once regarded
as a scientific fact that is now believed to be false.
- What is a conclusion? Give an example. Can a conclusion be
false? Why?
- What is a hypothesis? What two features must a scientific
hypothesis possess?
- What is the difference between a scientific fact and a
scientific law?
- What is the difference between a scientific theory and a
scientific hypothesis?
- What is the difference between a scientific theory and a
scientific law?
- Why can't a scientific theory be proven correct?
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