Who was the first known Greek philosopher?
Aristotle
Plato
Thales of Miletus
Hippocrates
Why was Aglaonike considered a sorceress?
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
Who developed the theory of gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
Marie Curie
Who was the first person to win two Nobel prizes in two different categories?
Albert Einstein
Antoine Lavoisier
Which new technologies have led to major ethical debates in modern societies?
Aerospace
Digital communications
Agricultural production
Transportation
Which of these is NOT a common part of industrialization?
Urbanization
A revitalization of traditional values
Greater access to education
Increased gender equality
New scientific discoveries since the 1990s that have prompted major ethical debates are largely from what field?
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Quantum physics
The first major shift between traditional ethics and science-based ethics occurred around what event?
The invention of social media
Industrialization
The first moon landing
The Cold War
Why can popularizing scientific ideas be a problem sometimes?
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.
What is the main goal of the mass media in reporting science?
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
Which of the following is NOT a reason the 1998 paper linking vaccines to autism was debunked?
The author faked the data
The author had multiple ethical breaches
The author had conflicts of interest
The author was not a scientist
Which of the following is NOT a complaint scientists sometimes have about the media?
Sensationalism
Lack of nuance
Misquoting the level of certainty scientists have about their data
Failing to spread the word
Which of the following is NOT a key principle of science?
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.
