Ideas in Science Creativity in Science: How scientists decide what to study by Barry Bickmore Reading Quiz Teach with this 1. The creative process used in art is fundamentally different from the process of science. true false 2. Science has been described as "the art of the soluble." This means that science is about chemistry and chemical solutions. solving the world's problems. determining which questions are solvable. describing research artistically. 3. The ability to be creative in any field is enhanced by a wild imagination. background knowledge and experience. artistic abilities. interacting with other people. 4. In order to make progress in the study of genetics, scientists tended to choose an organism to research that was simple, and could provide the most straightforward case. complicated, and could provide a realistic example. well-known, and the significance would be appreciated. obscure, and therefore non-controversial. 5. Scientists are often concerned with the "big questions" in their field, such as Can we mitigate the effects of climate change? or What causes heart disease? or How important is a particular species to our ecosystem? Which of the following statements best represents how scientists tackle these big questions? Scientists design research studies that directly address the big questions. Scientists design studies that address a portion of the big question that can be addressed. Scientists hope that the work they do addresses a big question. Scientists ignore the big questions, knowing they are too challenging to answer. 6. Being a scientist often involves distinguishing between testable and non-testable questions. Based on what you've read here, which of the following do you think is a good definition of a "testable question"? A testable question can be answered definitively through experimentation. A testable question is a large, overarching question of importance to many scientists. A testable question can be addressed through the scientific process, which includes creativity and logic. A testable question is preferred by scientists because it has a simple answer or explanation. 7. Scientists "tell stories" in the sense that they interpret their data however they want. piece together information to make a coherent explanation. write scientific papers that simplify the process they went through. try to extrapolate from very simple cases to more complicated ones. Score Quiz
