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Quiz: Scientific method
1. Which of the following statements is a law?
An egg cooks in 17 minutes at sea level.
An egg cooked for 27 minutes in Baltimore was badly overcooked.
Higher altitude means lower boiling points for water, all other things held equal.
An egg takes less time to cook in Baltimore than in Denver.
2. A natural law is
an explanation that has been proved
a description of a pattern or relationship in experimental data
obeyed under any circumstances.
a tentative explanation for a natural phenomenon
3. A hypothesis is
a theory that has been proved
obeyed under any circumstances.
a tentative explanation for a natural phenomenon
a description of a pattern or relationship in experimental data
4. A number of people become ill after eating dinner in a restaurant. Which of the following statements is a hypothesis?
Everyone who ate oysters got sick.
Bacteria in the oysters may have caused the illness.
Symptoms include nausea and dizziness
The cooks felt really bad about it.
People got sick whether the oysters were raw or cooked.
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General Chemistry Online! Quiz: Scientific method

Copyright © 1997-2005 by Fred Senese
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