General Science Module 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Counter-example | an example that contradicts a scientific conclusion |
| Hypothesis | an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question |
| Theory | an hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data |
| Scientific Law | a theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data |
| Scientific method | Observations Hypothesis Perform experiments Hypothesis becomes theory Perform experiments over many years Theory is now a law |
| What can science prove? | Nothing. It can only disprove. |
| What did Lowell observe on Mars? | Observations of faint lines of Mars Hypothesis of canals on Mars Detailed study of surface of Mars |
| What does it take to destroy a scientific law? | One counter-example |
| What are the three limitations of science? | It can't prove anything. It is not 100% reliable. It must conform to the scientific method. |
| Why was the discovery of high-temperature superconductors so startling to scientists? | The BCS (Bardeen, Cooper, Schreifer) theory which had been verified by many experiments said that superconductivity could not exist at high temperatures |
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