Pop Quiz On Joe And Pirates!
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Joe noticed that when he dropped a rock, it fell down. He noticed that EVERY TIME he dropped a rock, it fell down. He then noticed when he dropped a pine cone, a stick, a cat...they all fell DOWN. He created a hypothesis: When you drop something, it falls down. What kind of reasoning did Joe use to arrive at this hypothesis?
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Induction
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Deduction
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Intuition
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None of these
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As Joe ran around testing his hypothesis by dropping all sorts of things, what kind of reasoning was he using in predicting that each new object would also fall down?
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Induction
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Deduction
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Intuition
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None of these
Correct Answer
A. Deduction -
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What is the difference between an assumption and a hypothesis?
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An assumption is not based on information, but is simply a guess
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An assumption and a hypothesis are two words that mean the same thing
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Both an assumption and a hypothesis are based upon prior experience or knowledge, yet one accepts a hypothesis as true and an assumption as false
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Both an assumption and a hypothesis are based upon prior experience or knowledge, yet one accepts an assumption as true without testing, but science requires a hypothesis to be tested for accuracy
Correct Answer
A. Both an assumption and a hypothesis are based upon prior experience or knowledge, yet one accepts an assumption as true without testing, but science requires a hypothesis to be tested for accuracy -
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The pirate's first hypothesis, that monkeys turn right when they bite a banana, was based upon
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An experiment
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A theory
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Observation
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None of these
Correct Answer
A. Observation -
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A kilogram is how many times greater than a milligram?
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.000001
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.100000
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1000
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1,000,000
Correct Answer
A. 1,000,000 -
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15.9 km = ______________ mm
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0.0000159
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.00159
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15,900
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15,900,000
Correct Answer
A. 15,900,000 -
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Choose the answer with the measurements ordered from largest to smallest.
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15 cm; 1.5 m; 150 km; 15,000 mm
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150 km; 15,000 mm; 1.5 m; 15 cm
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15,000 mm; 150 km; 15 cm; 1.5 m
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150 km; 1.5 m; 15 cm; 15,000 mm
Correct Answer
A. 150 km; 15,000 mm; 1.5 m; 15 cm -
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When the balloon that Joe found fell "up," Joe thought at first that the balloon was an "outlier." What does that mean?
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That Joe must throw out his hypothesis.
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That the balloon did not behave as it should, but there was some mistake and that the next balloon will most likely fall down like it is supposed to.
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Joe used the wrong method of reasoning in forming his original hypothesis.
Correct Answer
A. That the balloon did not behave as it should, but there was some mistake and that the next balloon will most likely fall down like it is supposed to. -
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