Ch. 2 Science and Society

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Science Test sobre Ch. 2 Science and Society, creado por Livia Cerna el 17/05/2020.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Who was the first known Greek philosopher?
Respuesta
  • Aristotle
  • Plato
  • Thales of Miletus
  • Hippocrates

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Why was Aglaonike considered a sorceress?
Respuesta
  • She could predict when an eclipse would occur
  • She would mysteriously heal people
  • She would try to put curses onto people
  • She had a desire to study science

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Who developed the theory of gravity?
Respuesta
  • Aristotle
  • Sir Isaac Newton
  • Plato
  • Marie Curie

Pregunta 4

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Who was the first person to win two Nobel prizes in two different categories?
Respuesta
  • Marie Curie
  • Albert Einstein
  • Sir Isaac Newton
  • Antoine Lavoisier

Pregunta 5

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Which new technologies have led to major ethical debates in modern societies?
Respuesta
  • Aerospace
  • Digital communications
  • Agricultural production
  • Transportation

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Which of these is NOT a common part of industrialization?
Respuesta
  • Urbanization
  • A revitalization of traditional values
  • Greater access to education
  • Increased gender equality

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
New scientific discoveries since the 1990s that have prompted major ethical debates are largely from what field?
Respuesta
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Quantum physics

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
The first major shift between traditional ethics and science-based ethics occurred around what event?
Respuesta
  • The invention of social media
  • Industrialization
  • The first moon landing
  • The Cold War

Pregunta 9

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Why can popularizing scientific ideas be a problem sometimes?
Respuesta
  • Because the public aren't scientifically literate enough to understand.
  • Because those ideas might be based on faulty data or turn out to be wrong.
  • It isn't ever a problem.
  • None of the other answers are correct.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What is the main goal of the mass media in reporting science?
Respuesta
  • To inform the public of new scientific discoveries and breakthroughs
  • To make money for their shareholders
  • To get people excited about science
  • None of the other answers are correct

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Which of the following is NOT a reason the 1998 paper linking vaccines to autism was debunked?
Respuesta
  • The author faked the data
  • The author had multiple ethical breaches
  • The author had conflicts of interest
  • The author was not a scientist

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Which of the following is NOT a complaint scientists sometimes have about the media?
Respuesta
  • Sensationalism
  • Lack of nuance
  • Misquoting the level of certainty scientists have about their data
  • Failing to spread the word

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
Which of the following is NOT a key principle of science?
Respuesta
  • The world makes consistent sense and can be understood.
  • Objectivity is hard for humans, so we need scientific processes to help.
  • Nothing is 100% certain, only very likely based on the data.
  • Some things are just not explainable.
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