Test Bank For Chemistry An Atoms First Approach, 3rd Edition Steven S. Zumdahl (Author), Susan A. Zumdahl (Author), Donald J. DeCoste (Author) Chapter 1-21
Chapter 01 – Chemical Foundations 1. Which of the following is NOT a practice that would be employed by a scientist? a. testing ideas by experimentation b. organizing findings in specific ways c. predicting the outcome of an experiment and then not testing the prediction d. trying to explain how nature works e. making physical models to explain the behavior of matter ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AF.ZUMD.21.01.1 - Scientific Method 2. Which of the following is NOT normally a part of scientific inquiry? a. making observations b. philosophizing c. suggesting an explanation d. testing hypotheses e. performing experiments ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AF.ZUMD.21.01.1 - Scientific Method 3. Which of the following statements is incorrect? a. The scientific method is a way of looking at the world that is different from nonscientific forms of inquiry. b. The scientific method does not allow for the use of inferences, and everything must be proven by direct observation. c. A theory is a guess about the behavior or properties of matter. d. Scientists must isolate and study one variable at a time when performing experiments. e. A behavior of matter that has universal validity is called a natural law. ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero.
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