Put your science knowledge to the test with the true/false quiz below. Just click on the answer you think is correct.

 
 

Question 1:

Hypotheses become theories and then theories become laws.
 

Question 2:

A general, universal scientific method is utilized by all scientists around the world.
 

Question 3:

Even when evidence is accumulated carefully, science doesn't necessarily result in sure knowledge.
 

Question 4:

Science and its methods provide absolute proof.
 

Question 5:

Science is more procedural than it is creative.
 

Question 6:

Science and its methods can not answer all questions.

 

Question 7:

Scientists are always objective in their methods.

 

Question 8:

Experiments are the principle route to scientific knowledge.

 

Question 9:

Not all work in science is reviewed to keep the process honest.
 

Question 10:

Observation and inference are not the same thing.
 
Now that you have taken the quiz, have some fun with the concepts you just learned playing the "Nature of Science" memory game.
 


REFERENCES

McComas, W. (1996) Ten myths of science: Reexamining what we think we know....School Science & Mathematics, Vol. 96, pp10.

Lederman, N. (1998) The state of science education: Subject matter without context. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 3(2).