Chapter01-ChemistryandMeasurementCopyrightCengageLearning.PoweredbyCognero.Page11.Whatisascientifictheory?a.Itisacollectionofexperimentaldata.b.Itisanassertionofscientificfact.c.Itisaguessorconjectureaboutnaturalphenomena.d.Itisafundamentalrelationshipofnature.e.Itisanexplanationofnaturalphenomenathathasundergonesignificanttesting.ANSWER:ePOINTS:1DIFFICULTY:easyREFERENCES:1.2HASVARIABLES:FalseLEARNINGOBJECTIVES:GENE.EBBI.13.1-Understandhowthescientificmethodisanapproachtoperformingscience.TOPICS:generalconceptsscientificmethodOTHER:generalchemistry2.Anuntestedexplanationofaseriesofexperimentalobservationsiscalled_____.a.ahypothesisb.atheoryc.alawd.anexperimente.thescientificmethodANSWER:aPOINTS:1DIFFICULTY:easyREFERENCES:1.2HASVARIABLES:FalseLEARNINGOBJECTIVES:GENE.EBBI.13.1-Understandhowthescientificmethodisanapproachtoperformingscience.TOPICS:generalconceptsscientificmethod3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsconcerningexperimentandexplanationis/aretrue?1.Alawisalwaysgivenintheformofamathematicalexpression.2.Onceahypothesispassesoneortwotestsitisconsideredatheory.3.Observationisakeycomponentofthescientificmethod.a.1onlyb.2onlyc.3onlyd.1and2e.1,2,and3Preview Mode
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