Creativity in Science Quiz

(a) true

(b) false

(a) chemistry and chemical solutions.

(b) solving the world’s problems.

(c) determining which questions are solvable.

(d) describing research artistically.

(a) a wild imagination.

(b) background knowledge and experience.

(c) artistic abilities.

(d) interacting with other people.

(a) simple, and could provide the most straightforward case.

(b) complicated, and could provide a realistic example.

(c) well-known, and the significance would be appreciated.

(d) obscure, and therefore non-controversial.

(a) Scientists design research studies that directly address the big questions.

(b) Scientists design studies that address a portion of the big question that can be addressed.

(c) Scientists hope that the work they do addresses a big question.

(d) Scientists ignore the big questions, knowing they are too challenging to answer.

(a) A testable question can be answered definitively through experimentation.

(b) Atestable question is a large, overarching question of importance to many scientists.

(c) A testable question can be addressed through the scientific process, which includes creativity and logic.

(d) A testable question is preferred by scientists because it has a simple answer or explanation.

(a) interpret their data however they want.

(b) piece together information to make a coherent explanation.

(c) write scientific papers that simplify the process they went through.

(d) try to extrapolate from very simple cases to more complicated ones.