Science Branches Quiz

The three major branches of modern science are natural sciences, social sciences, and formal sciences.

Examples of disciplines within the natural sciences include physics, chemistry, and biology.

The formal sciences study formal systems, governed by axioms and rules. There is disagreement about whether they are science disciplines because they do not rely on empirical evidence.

<p>Applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in engineering and medicine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The earliest identifiable predecessors to modern science date back to Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>natural sciences, social sciences, formal sciences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>because they do not rely on empirical evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>engineering, medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>rigorous, systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world</p> Signup and view all the answers