Can you please help me with science homework?

[hubes95]

I need all of the following questions answered by at least five people:

Age:
Gender:
Occupation:
What is science?
Do you like science, why or why not?
What are the steps in the scientific process?
What is a scientific theory, give an example?
What is a fact, give an example?
What is a scientific law, give an example?
What is the difference between astrology and astronomy?
What is evolution?
Why do somepeople call evolution a theory?

Thanks everyone, this isn't for a grade so don't worry about giving me wrong answers.

[rosent76]

Just because I'm bored.

Age:
40+
Gender:
Male
Occupation:
Computer Engineer
What is science?
A system of acquiring knowledge through research involving an objective, careful and systematic study of that area of knowledge.
Do you like science, why or why not?
Yes, keeps my brain active and I enjoy learning new things.
What are the steps in the scientific process?
Ask a question. Do background research. Construct a hypothesis. Test the hypothesis by doing an experiment. Analyze the data and draw a donclusion. Communicate the results
What is a scientific theory, give an example?
A theory should be the simplest possible tool that can be used to effectively address the given problem. Big Bang Theory,Chaos Theory.
What is a fact, give an example?
What has not been refuted can be considered a scientific fact. This is a functional definition and pays tribute to the 'fact' that knowledge changes with time.
What is a scientific law, give an example?
A law generalizes a body of observations at the time it is made, no exceptions have been found to a refute this law.
What is the difference between astrology and astronomy?
Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters. Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae, star clusters and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere
What is evolution?
Evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms through successive generations.
Why do somepeople call evolution a theory?
Evolution has never been observed.
Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
There are no transitional fossils.
The theory of evolution says that life originated, and evolution proceeds, by random chance.
Evolution is only a theory; it hasn't been proven.

[lb_gilbert]

>"Age:"

35

>"Gender:"

Male

>"Occupation:"

Post-doctoral Research Officer (academic biological scientist)

>"What is science?"

A method for descrying the operations and rules of the physical laws of the universe, through experimentation, observation, hypothesis, and induction.

>"Do you like science, why or why not?"

Yes (I do it for a living).
I enjoy discovering and learning about living organisms.

>"What are the steps in the scientific process?"

Form an Hypothesis, based on existing data.
Design an Experiment to test this hypothesis.
Re-examine the Hypothesis in the light of the new evidence: reject if disproved, refine if required.
Design a new experiment to further test the hypothesis.
Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

>"What is a scientific theory, give an example?"

A model for explaining observed phenomena.
An example is the Heliocentric Theory of the Solar System, which suggests the sun is at the centre of the solar system, and not the earth (it explains the observed movements of the planets in the night sky).

>"What is a fact, give an example?"

A fact is a phenomenon that has been observed to be the case. As an example, based on the above theory, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and  Mars occasionally appear to move "backwards" in their track across the sky ("retrograde motion").>"What is a scientific law, give an example?"

A Law is an observation that has been repeated so many times, and in so many circunstances that it appears to be a universal truth.
As an example, the Law of Gravity says that all matter is attracted to all other matter in a manner proportionate to their masses and inversely proportionate to the square of their distance of separation.

>"What is the difference between astrology and astronomy?"

Astrology is the idea that the position and movement of the planets in the night sky; which sign of the zodiac they each are in, has an influence on the lives of people on earth. It is not a science; it is a pseudo-science.

Astronomy is the scientific field which covers the investigation of stellar and extra-terrestrial phenomena, including planets, stars, galaxies, etc.

>"What is evolution?"

A change in the frequency of alleles in the gene pool of a population of organisms over time and successive generations.

>"Why do somepeople call evolution a theory?"

Evolution is both a fact and a theory.
The above description of the process of evolution is unquestionable; we observe it all the time.
The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection is a theory which *explains* this observed evolution.