Abel Chapter 10

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1)Science describes, rather than explains. Abel says that there can be no sharp line between description and explanation. He uses examples of bad things happening, resulting from sin, or defining law.

2)Science explains the strange by the familiar. Abel says that it is actually reverse, that familiar is explained by unfamiliar concepts.

3)Scientific explanation is not the same as "understanding" in the sense in which it is said. Abel says understanding is more like knowledge by acquaintance or knowing how.

4) A scientific explanation need not be a casual law. Abel says it may be a law of simultaneous existence rather than of succession.

6. Because the scientific explanation is made up of many different parts, to make the full scientific explanation. For example, hypothesis, question, and experiment all belong in the system, and you need all of these to make up the explanation.

10. He means that the growing of science will not be an easy, clean path, and it will not lead to ultimate truth. Science will be forever, with new information added and taken off, and it will not always lead to the truth, but will get us closer to the truth.

12. It is to find new ways to approach science and to consider other conclusions, possibilities, and discoveries.

Group 4 Question:

7. develop and apply the students’ information and communication technology skills in the study of
science

As a group, we were able to provide each other with information on our particular sciences. The chemistry student provided information on the pH. The environmental student, me, was able to provide information on the estuary, and its ecosystems. The biology student was able to provide information on the algae and the different organisms in the samples. The physics student was able to provide information on the velocity. All of this information was gathered to test and try to prove or falsify our hypothesis. Technology played a big part in our lab. We used the Labquest, which allowed us to test the pH, salinity, and temperature by using different probes. This information was very important to our hypothesis and experimenting.