What Is Science Practice Quiz (5 questions)

1. Which activities characterize the study of science?

A. Science studies the natural and physical world through observation and experiments.

B. Science investigates the natural and physical world through observation and experiments.

C. Science examines the natural and physical world through observation and mathematical proofs.

D. Science explores the natural and physical world through experiments and observation.

E. Science investigates the natural and physical world through observation and chemical reactions.

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

Explanation

Science studies the natural and physical world using observation and experiments. Mathematical proofs and chemical reactions are not identified as replacements for those methods.

2. The study of science involves:

A. Investigating the natural and physical world through observation and mathematical models.

B. Investigating the natural and physical world through measurement and experiments.

C. Examining the natural and physical world through observation and experiments.

D. Studying the natural and biological world through observation and experiments.

E. Exploring the natural and physical world through experiments and observation.

Answer: (C), (E)

Explanation

Science investigates the natural and physical world through observation and experiments. Mathematical models, a biological-only scope, and measurement substituted for observation do not match that description.

3. Which subject studies living organisms?

A. The study of living organisms belongs to biology.

B. Biology studies living organisms as its principal subject of inquiry.

C. Matter and energy are biology's principal subjects of inquiry.

D. Biology concerns the study of organisms that are living.

E. Living organisms fall within chemistry's principal field of study.

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

Explanation

Biology is the study of living organisms. Matter and energy are the subject of physics, while chemistry studies the properties and reactions of substances.

4. Regarding chemistry, which statements are accurate?

A. Chemistry studies the properties and reactions of substances.

B. The properties and reactions of substances are studied in chemistry.

C. Chemistry examines the properties and motion of substances.

D. Chemistry concerns how substances behave and react.

E. Physics studies the properties and reactions of substances.

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

Explanation

Chemistry studies the properties and reactions of substances, so statements describing those subjects are correct. Motion is not part of the stated definition, and the properties and reactions of substances are attributed to chemistry rather than physics.

5. Physics is concerned with the study of:

A. The characteristics of living organisms and their interactions.

B. The properties of substances and their chemical reactions.

C. The properties of matter and the behavior of living organisms.

D. The reactions of substances and their physical properties.

E. The properties of matter and energy.

Answer: (E)

Explanation

Physics studies the properties of matter and energy. The other statements substitute chemistry’s subject matter or biology’s study of living organisms.