Chapter
Objectives:
- Explain
why physics is the basic science.
- Outline
scientific methods.
- Distinguish
among observations, facts, hypotheses, laws, and principles.
- Describe
circumstances under which a hypothesis or law must be changed
or abandoned.
- Distinguish
between the everyday meaning of theory and explain why the refinement
of theories is a strength in science.
- Distinguish
between a hypothesis that is scientific and one that is not.
- Distinguish
between science and technology.
- Distinguish
among science, art, and religion.
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Chapter
Terms:
- fact
- hypothesis
- law
- scientific
method
- theory
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Chapter
Outline Framework:
- Scientific
Measurements
- Size
of the Earth
- Size
of the Moon
- Distance
to the Moon
- Distance
to the Sun
- Size
of the Sun
- Mathematics:
The Language of Science
- The Scientific
Method
- The Scientific
Attitude
- Science,
Art, and Religion
- Physics:
The Basic Science
- In Perspective
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