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SHS General Science · Year 1

Characteristics of Science practice questions

What makes knowledge scientific: empirical, replicable, systematic, consistent, tentative and predictable.

21 questions in this topic: 8 recall, 10 applying skills and concepts and 3 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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  1. Question 1Skills & concepts

    Two teams repeating the same experiment obtain the same reliable result over time. This illustrates that science is

    • aconsistent
    • btentative
    • cbiased
    • dunpredictable
  2. Question 2Skills & concepts

    A scientist follows clear, consistent steps of hypothesis testing, data collection and analysis. This shows science is

    • asystematic
    • brandom
    • cemotional
    • dsecret
  3. Question 3Recall

    Scientific knowledge is described as tentative because it is

    • asubject to change and revision as new evidence emerges
    • balways final and never revised
    • cbased only on old textbooks
    • ddecided by tradition

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