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This category is for questions about the people who apply the scientific method to solve problems, introduce new concepts, and strive to explain the natural world.

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Why do scientists study matter?

Scientists study matter to understand its properties, composition, and behavior. By studying matter, scientists can advance knowledge in fields such as physics, chemistry, and materials science, leading to technological advancements, new discoveries, and a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Was Bert Geoffrey Achong a scientists?

Yes!Bert Achong was a scientist from a great country in the windward island name Trinidad

What do scientists perform after a hypothesis to collect data?

ExPeRiMeNt......................... ThIs GoEs OuT tO aLl ThE pEoPlE wHo NeEd ThIs QuEsTiOn

What scientist revolutionized the way biologist think about the evolutionary history of eukaryotes?

Lynn Margulis revolutionized biologists' understanding of the evolutionary history of eukaryotes with her endosymbiotic theory, which proposed that mitochondria and chloroplasts originated from symbiotic bacteria that were engulfed by primitive eukaryotic cells.

What are four different ways scientists get info about the evolutionary history of an species?

  1. By comparing body structures of living organisms...
  2. By studying fossils...
  3. And comparing the early development of different organisms.

How important is being a scientist?

To an individual it may not seem important, but in the larger pictures scientists are EXTREMELY important, if it wasn't for them we would have no vaccines, modern technology would never have come about and so many more people would be killed by "unknown reasons". Scientific advancements are everywhere just imagine where we would be without them, and where we can go with them.

What are seven different types of scientists?

Archaeologists.

Astronomers.

Biologists.

Chemists.

Computer Scientists.

Earth Scientists.

Educational psychologists.

What is the first step a scientist usually take to solve a problem?

I dont know really but I know they use a scientific method so you should search more on that.

When he was born Nikola Tesla?

He was born on July 10th, 1856 at exactly midnight (so the story goes) in Croatia.

How is data valuable to scientists?

Hi,

Data is valuable to scientists because it helps tell them if there hypothesis was correct or wrong. It also tells them more about the subject they are studying. :p :0 :)

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What do scientists do to help them make hypotheses?

Scientists make observations, the first step in the scientific process.

Related Information:

To create a hypothesis they use their observations to make a guess, an educated guess. A hypothesis is only an idea, born of a guess.

After you have a hypothesis (the idea) Then, you attempt to prove it by a series of experiments or tests.

So to make a hypothesis, you make a guess. To prove the hypothesis, you design and perform a test or tests, and continue experimenting with more tests until you prove or disprove the hypothesis.

What skills do scientists use when they investigate?

They do all sorts of things such as tasting the object, analyzing the object, and even seeing what animals will do to the object.

When scientists do repeated tests to discover or demonstrate something they are conducting what?

The repeated tests done by scientists to discover or demonstrate something is called experiments.

Why do scientists check each others work?

It's called peer review. When a scientist publishes work, others within the same field will read it to make sure it is credible. If this didn't take place, people could technically write whatever they like and sell it as real science!

Why do scientist try to test many individuals?

In an experiment that involves many people or animals, it is important to test many individuals to avoid experimental error. If only one individual were to be tested in the experiment, it would be difficult to say whether the results were a product of the test, or if it was just a result that the particular individual produced. By testing many, scientists can say definitively that their hypothesis was correct or incorrect because a wide variety of test subjects responded in the same way.

Why do people organize?

People organize to become more efficient, save time and money and reduce stress and clutter. Becoming organized will help improve your overall quality of life.

Does a scientist consider a hypothesis to be a fact?

Scientist consider hypothesis to be an educated guess on what they are studying. If that scientist researches and experiments more, he will see if his hypothesis is true or false.

Why is it important for scientists to balance open-mindedness and skepticism?

Both skepticism and open-mindedness, indeed, must be balanced in science for discovering science-based truth.

First, skepticism is necessary otherwise many new discoveries we currently have may not have been found because no one was willing to question the current standard.

Example: Copernicus disagreed with the then agreed upon idea that everything revolved around the earth, and suggested, through careful study, that the earth, and the rest of the Solar System, revolves around the Sun. Copernicus thoughteverything revolved around the sun, but we now know that our Solar System is part of a galaxy likely orbiting a black hole.

Secondly, open-mindedness must be used otherwise we'd end up with either thousands of hypotheses and each scientist backing his or her own hypothesis or people who will not listen to a new idea because they think the current idea is correct.

Example: Again from Copernicus' time, most people wouldn't listen to Copernicus for various reasons (including that their observations were of the stars, planets, and sun moving).

One key reason this mindset is necessary is because one observation may have several possible causes.

Another key reason is because two things (we'll call them A and B) that seem to have a relation may either:

• A causes B

• B causes A

• no relation exists, it's a mere coincidence

• C causes both A and B, but no direct relation exists between A and B

• etc.

So basically, a scientist should be open-minded to new ideas and skeptical enough to look for other possible explanations unless we come to the point where we can directly observe whatever's in question.

Example: During Columbus' time, people thought the earth was flat. Columbus and several others thought evidence pointed to the earth being round. Nowadays, we can view pictures of the earth from space telescopes to verify that the earth is indeed round.

Why do scientists use tools when they make observations?

Tools enable scientists to make more accurate observations, and to observe things that they otherwise could not observe. For example, microscopes allow scientists to observe bacteria, which otherwise are too small to see.