Select whether each example of scientific communication represents a primary source or a secondary source. A scientist is interviewed on a television program about an important discovery he made in cancer research.An article in the journal Nature presents the original research results of a recent experiment by a group of biochemists.
An article in a small, specialized journal presents the results of a graduate student’s experiment.A book summarizes important recent research on marine mammals.An issue of a popular science magazine reports on some recent findings in brain research.
A poster presentation of a project at a school science fair:
An original research article published in a scientific journal:
A panel of scientists at a press conference answering questions about an oil spill:
A researcher at sea e-mailing the latest data to a fellow scientist at a university:
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