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Physics: Chapter 1 Reading Guide

1. Science is the present day equivalent of what? 2. Physics is the most ____________ of all sciences.3. List 5 topics that we will study in physics:

4. When findings in nature are expressed ________________________, they are easier to verify or disprove by experiment.

5. The scientific method usually includes the following:Recognize a ________________Form a _____________________, and predict the consequences of this.Perform an __________________ to test predictions.Formulate the ________________general rule that organizes the 3 main ingredients.

6. When is a hypothesis presumed to be factual?

7. What is a scientific law?

8. Scientists use the word theory differently than in everyday speech. What is the definition of a scientific theory?

9. Theories are not ____________, but undergo change as new evidence is gathered.

10. A hypothesis must be ________________.11. If there is not test for possible _____________________ -- then

it is NOT scientific.12. Science is a method of _____________________

___________________ ____________________, while technology is a method of ____________ _________________ _______________.

13. List another difference between science and technology:

14. How are science and art similar?

15. The domain of science is __________ ____________, while the domain of religion is nature’s purpose.

16. Why do citizens have a responsibility to have some basic understanding of nature’s rules.