1. Name: ____________________________
Physics: Chapter 1 Reading Guide
1. Science is the present day equivalent of what?
2. Physics is the most ____________ of all sciences.
3. List 5 topics that we will study in physics:
4. When findings in nature are expressed ________________________, they are
easier to verify or disprove by experiment.
5. The scientific method usually includes the following:
Recognize a ________________
Form a _____________________, and predict the consequences of this.
Perform an __________________ to test predictions.
Formulate the ________________general rule that organizes the 3 main
ingredients.
6. When is a hypothesis presumed to be factual?
7. What is a scientific law?
8. Scientists use the word theory differently than in everyday speech. What is the
definition of a scientific theory?
9. Theories are not ____________, but undergo change as new evidence is gathered.
10. A hypothesis must be ________________.
11. If there is not test for possible _____________________ -- then it is NOT
scientific.
12. Science is a method of _____________________ ___________________
____________________, while technology is a method of ____________
_________________ _______________.
13. List another difference between science and technology:
14. How are science and art similar?
15. The domain of science is __________ ____________, while the domain of
religion is nature’s purpose.
16. Why do citizens have a responsibility to have some basic understanding of
nature’s rules.