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1. Describe the characteristics of science.
2. What did Sir Isaac Newton mean when he stated "If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"?
3. Provide several examples of things that could be done to improve scientific attitudes and education in our country.
4. Describe several characteristics of a well-designed experiment.
5. In an experiment designed to test the effects of outboard motor oil on the survival of water/aquatic plants, identify the control, the independent variable and the dependent variable. Develop and provide a simple hypothesis.
6. The term theory is often used in everyday life, yet the scientific method involves the formulation of hypotheses that must be testable by repeatable experiments. Describe how the term theory is often misused in everyday life.
7. Why is there no room for superstition and mysticism in science?
8. Why is a fundamental knowledge of biology necessary for all people?