NATURAL OF SCIENCE

“Myths of Science” quiz.

Directions:

Each statement below is about science. Some statements are

true and some are false. On the line in front of each statement,

write a “T” if it is true and an “F” if false. Then support your

response to each statement with at least one paragraph on a

separate sheet of paper.

_F__ 1. Science is a system of beliefs.

_F__ 2. Most scientists are men because males are better at

scientific thinking.

_T__ 3. Scientists rely heavily on imagination to carry out

their work.

__F_ 4. Scientists are totally objective in their work.

__F_ 5. The scientific method is the accepted guide for

conducting research.

_F__ 6. Experiments are carried out to prove cause-andeffect

relationships.

_F__ 7. All scientific ideas are discovered and tested by

controlled experiments.

__F_ 8. A hypothesis is an educated guess.

_F__ 9. When a theory has been supported by a great deal of

scientific evidence, it becomes a law.

__T_ 10. Scientific ideas are tentative and can be modified or

disproved, but never proved.

_T__ 11. Technology preceded science in the history of

civilization.

_F__ 12. In time, science can solve most of society’s problems