Name _______________________

SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE SURVEY

This survey is given to check your understanding about the nature of modern science and certain basic science concepts. Please agree, or disagree, with each item as you think a working scientist would. 

MARKING CODE: A = agree, (or you lean that way); B = disagree, (or you lean that way)

_____  1. Science is primarily a search for truth.
_____  2. Science can solve any problem or answer any question.
_____  3. Science is primarily concerned with understanding how the natural world 
works.
_____  4. Science can use supernatural explanations if necessary.
_____  5. Astrology (predicting your future from the arrangement of stars and planets) is 
a science.
_____  6. Science requires a lot of creative activity.
_____  7. Science typically provides only temporary answers to questions.
_____  8. A "hypothesis" is just an "educated guess" about anything.
_____  9. Scientists can believe in God or a supernatural being and still do good 
science.
_____10. Science is most concerned with collecting facts.
_____11. A scientific fact is absolute, fixed, and permanent.
_____12. Science can be done poorly.
_____13. A scientific theory is merely a guess.
_____14. Scientists have solved most of the major mysteries of nature.
_____15. Science can study and explain events that happened millions of years ago.
_____16. Knowledge of what science is, what it can and cannot do, and how it works, is 
important for all educated people.
_____17. Anything done scientifically is always accurate and reliable.
_____18. Scientists often try to test or disprove possible explanations.
_____19. Disagreement between scientists is one of the weaknesses of science.
_____20. Any study done carefully and based on observation is scientific.