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NATURE OF SCIENCEScience- Latin word: ‘scire’ meaning __________________Study of the _________________ worldDescribes nature through _______________________ obtained through systematic analysis of phenomenaScience should be viewed as…A way of __________________ in the pursuit of understanding the natural worldA way _____________________ by which hypothesis are testedA body of established ________________________What Is and Is Not ScienceScientist want to know ____________, ___________, or ________________ something occurredThis process begins by ____________________ and questioningScience can attempt to answer _______________________ about the natural world, but some questions cannot be answered by scienceSO WHAT ISN’T SCIENCE?Questions about ________________, art, ________________, personal opinions, morality, or religion _____________ be answered or studied by scienceScience cannot tell you what is ____________, wrong, good, or ____________Criteria exist that can help in distinguishing what is and is not science: NOTTUSNatural : science seeks to explain the ________________________ found in the universe in which we live.1. Green plants convert sunlight into energy.2. The tooth fairy will always leave money under your pillowObservability : The event or evidence of the event, can be observed and ________________ through basic human _________ or through tools that enhance human senses (such as a radar, microscopes, thermometers, ect)Extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth.Some Plants eat meatTestability : the event must be testable through the processes of science, and controlled ___________________. Test in science must be ______________ and ________________________ and results must be _____________.The Loch Ness monster inhabits the Scottish HighlandsLife comes from life and cannot come from non-life.Tentativeness : Scientific theories are subject to revision and correction, even to the point of the theory being proven wrong. Scientific theories have been modified and will continue to be modifiedThe number of human chromosomes was once "known" to be 48, but is now considered to be 46.We know that the world began about 6000 years ago, and nothing will change that.Uncertain : As evidence grows over time, science becomes more certain but it never attains 100 percent certainty. Being 99% certain is still 1% uncertain.Liberty High School is located in Brentwood.The weather forecast for Friday is mainly sunny skies with a high of 86F. Social : Science requires _____________________ with other scientists, communication of results with one’s peers, and ______________________ findings in journals, presentations, and scientific conferences. It is always a social endeavor involving the scientific ___________________.Single experiment proves theory to be trueGreen plants will grow towards a light source.If It’s Not Science, What is it?“pseudo” means “______________” “proto” means “_______________”Pseudoscience: is _______________ science that may be portrayed and _______________ as a legitimate science by its followers and supporters. Example: __________________Protoscience: is science that is ______________ or near science in terms of conforming to “NOTTUS”, however, it has ________________been adequately tested by scientific methodsExample: Earth’s _______________ might have connections to Earth’s ___________ system and help us identify trendsNonscience: events or phenomena _________ meet the criteria of science, and therefore fall outside the realm of science. Example: _________ belief system (philosophy, religious beliefs, personal opinions, ethics) ................
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