Creativity and Science — Test Answers

Which term best describes the important pieces of information that scientists gather and record during an experiment?

Which data can be measured quantitatively?

Which statement best describes the variables in a controlled experiment?

Which action do researchers take to make advances in science?

Gerard lives in a tropical region where the average annual temperature is 77°F and the average annual rainfall is more than 100 inches a year. He surveys 25 people in his neighborhood about items they regularly use and records the data into a table.

Look at the graph below.

Which statement describes one effect of relying on wind farms rather than coal plants?

Read the passage about bird food and bird watching. Noted scientist Dr. Elsa Birde described the effect of adding a mixture of dried apples and raisins to the previous feed of sunflower seeds, millet, thistle seed, and cracked corn in bird feeders in her yard. Over three years, Dr. Birde observed that the new mixture increased the number of songbirds at her feeders, especially during the months of April and May. As she has done for several years, Dr. Birde recorded, at the same time each day, the number of birds at each of her four feeders. She noted that the third year using the mixture coincided with the largest increase. There was a twenty-five percent increase in the number of songbirds over times when this mixture was not used. Dr. Birde also noted that in the third year she used a specific ratio of the ingredients, carefully measuring, which she had not done in previous years. The third year also had a warmer than normal spring, and a construction project began in a neighborhood near Dr. Birde’s. Dr. Birde is now going to produce this formula for sale and advertise to customers that they may see the same twenty-five percent increase in songbirds at their feeders.Dr. E. Birde, Journal of Scientific Bird FeedingWhich scientific claim can be made?

What is one way that creativity made up for limited technology for early biologists?

Which statement is most likely a scientific law?

Scientists who rely on creativity also tend to be persistent when they pursue a research goal. How might persistence be an advantage for a creative scientist?

Which most likely is a causal relationship?

Which statement describes an example of how scientific knowledge influences societal decisions?