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TASK 1

1. The nature of science means different things to different people. What does it mean to you?

2. Write short description of your understanding of what science is . What is the general goal of science?

3.Identify four basic assumptions that scientist make when they study the nature of world.

4.Explain why science cannot provide answer to all questions.

5. Do observation in science have to made by naked eye? can you think of a way in which scientists might be able o make observations about something they cannot directly see?

6.If something cannot be observed, can it be tested scientifically?

7.What do you think would be more susceptible to being disproved conclusions drawn from frontier science or consensus science? Explain the answer.

8.Scientificknowledge builds upon itself. Give example of a scientific idea from the reading where the initial idea become extended as science advanced.

9.Discuss this statement " SCIENTIFIC IDEAS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING, SO THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED" do you think this is true? explain.

10. Can you think of any times when you have used the process of scientific inquiry (outside of a school setting)? Describe the situiation and how and why you used scientific inquiry.

11.What do you believe to be the greates benefit to our soxiety resulting from a scientific discovery? Why do you feel this way?

12.What do you believ to be the greatest problem faced by our society resulting from a scientific discovery? why dou you feel this way?

13.What is the difference between observation and inference?

14.What is necessary to make accurate observations?

15What is necessary to make reasonable inferences?

16.Why do some observations turn out to be wrong?

17.Why do some inference turn out to be wrong?