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What happens to a law, hypothesis, or theory if it is inconsistent with experimental findings?
What is the main idea behind Dalton's atomic theory?
What is the purpose of quantification in science?
What is the nature of well-tested scientific theories?
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What is required to succeed in chemistry?
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What is the significance of the image of Kanji characters written with individual iron atoms?
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What is the role of measurement in science?
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What happens to poor theories over time?
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What was Lavoisier's method to study combustion?
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What is the law of conservation of mass?
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What is the purpose of an experiment?
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What is a scientific theory?
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What is the relationship between hypotheses and theories?
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What is the primary purpose of classification in the scientific method?
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What is the main difference between a scientific law and a scientific theory?
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What is a characteristic of a scientific law?
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Which statement is an example of an observation?
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What is the purpose of an experiment in scientific theory?
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Which statement most resembles a scientific law?
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What is the role of experiments in the scientific method?
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What is the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law?
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Which statement is an example of a scientific theory?
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What is chemistry primarily concerned with?
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What is the purpose of making measurements in science?
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What is required to succeed as a beginning chemist?
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What is the scientific method used for?
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What is the purpose of doing homework in chemistry?
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What is the term for a collection of measurements?
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What is the role of graphs in science?
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What is the key to succeeding in chemistry?
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What is the main difference between the scientific method and ancient Greek philosophies?
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What did Antoine Lavoisier measure in the process of combustion?
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Study Notes
Richard Feynman
- Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and professor at California Institute of Technology
- He was born in 1918 and died in 1988
The Scientific Method
- The scientific method emphasizes observation and experimentation to produce knowledge
- It involves making observations, formulating hypotheses, and testing them through experiments
- The scientific method differs from ancient Greek philosophies and medieval applications that emphasized reason to produce knowledge
Observation
- Observations involve measuring or observing some aspect of nature
- Observations can be made with the naked eye or with sensitive instrumentation
- Observation usually involves the measurement or description of some aspect of the physical world
Hypotheses
- Hypotheses are tentative interpretations of observations
- A good hypothesis is falsifiable, which means that further testing has the potential to prove it wrong
- Hypotheses are tested by experiments, highly controlled observations designed to validate or invalidate hypotheses
Laws
- Laws summarize the results of a large number of observations
- Laws are brief statements that synthesize past observations and predict future ones
- An example of a law is the law of conservation of mass, which states that matter is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction
Theories
- Theories are models that explain and give the underlying causes for observations and laws
- Theories provide a broader and deeper explanation for observations and laws
- Theories often predict behavior that extends well beyond the observations and laws on which they are founded
Experimentation
- Experiments are used to test hypotheses, laws, and theories
- Experiments must be highly controlled and validated through further experimentation
- If a law, hypothesis, or theory is inconsistent with the findings of an experiment, it must be revised and new experiments must be conducted to test the revisions
Atomic Theory
- John Dalton proposed the atomic theory, which states that all matter is composed of small, indestructible particles called atoms
- Dalton's theory was a model of the physical world and explained the law of conservation of mass
- The atomic theory is a well-established theory with strong experimental support
Success in Chemistry
- To succeed in chemistry, one must be curious and imaginative, willing to do calculations, and committed to learning the material
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This quiz is about measuring temperatures in chemistry, and the importance of regular and careful work in the field.
