Author Question: Green cheese is unripe cheese, which has a yellowish color. Many hundreds of years ago, someone said ... (Read 140 times)

xclash

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 681
Green cheese is unripe cheese, which has a yellowish color. Many hundreds of years ago, someone said that the Moon was made of green cheese. Was this model falsifiable in its time? Is it falsifiable now? Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Since nucleons are constituents of atoms, and quarks are constituents of nucleons, quarks must have constituents.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



chjcharjto14

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 342
Answer to Question 1

Just because something is the same color as something else does not make it
identical. This was an analogy, and while analogies are often productive, at the time the
model certainly was not falsifiable, because there was no way to reach the Moon's surface
and see what it was made of.
There have been trips to the Moon, and we now know a lot about the composition of lunar
soils. Because we can refer to these lunar soils (or conceivably return to the Moon), the
model is capable of being shown to be false.

Answer to Question 2

That quarks have constituents could be the case, but not because nucleons are
constituents of atoms and quarks are constituents of nucleons. Most theories take quarks,
along with electrons, muons tau particles and their associated neutrinos as fundamental.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.

Did you know?

You should not take more than 1,000 mg of vitamin E per day. Doses above this amount increase the risk of bleeding problems that can lead to a stroke.

Did you know?

Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.

Did you know?

Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.

Did you know?

The effects of organophosphate poisoning are referred to by using the abbreviations “SLUD” or “SLUDGE,” It stands for: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI upset, and emesis.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library