BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach

Chapter/Prologue : Prologue

Check Challenge Quiz 3

1.
Galileo Galilei was chastised and sentenced to permanent house arrest because his ideas disagreed with what powerful organization?

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A)the scientific community
B)the church
C)the Italian government
D)the Nazis
2.
Science is based on the results of observations and controlled ____.
A)people
B)emotions
C)experiments
D)electricity
3.
Copernicus and Galileo made scientific observations that went against the idea that the ____ was the center of the universe.
A)sun
B)moon
C)Pope
D)earth
4.
Which of the following is a "pseudoscience," or false science?
A)astrology
B)biology
C)geology
D)anthropology
5.
Learning to distinguish data (scientific facts) from ____ is an important skill in thinking like a scientist.
A)research results
B)opinions
C)knowledge
D)chaff
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