Name ____________________________
1.
Bill Nye: Pseudoscience
Extraordinary ______________ require extraordinary ______________.
2. Scientists try to understand the ______________.
3. The Earth’s shadow that was sometimes cast on the moon was always ______________.
4. Do the ships disappear all at once?
5. The process of testing claims is what we call ______________.
6. If you have a claim that can’t be tested it is called ______________.
7. The Loch Ness monster is a sea serpent that is thought to live in a lake in ______________.
8. The magician makes the rabbit disappear in the box by using a ______________ in the box.
9. A big idea in science is that an ______________ can be ______________.
10. How much does Bill actually weigh?
11. Have people actually seen alien spacecraft when looking through telescopes?
12. People used to think that a guy named ____________who lived in the clouds threw down lightning and thunder.
13. Was this true?
14. ______________ started out as the study of the motions of stars and planets.
15. 2000 years ago astrologers believed the ______________ was at the center of everything.
16. What is the name for a group of stars?
17. You can lie on a bed of nails because the nails are ______________ and your weight ______________ that not
any one nail can get you.
18. When you see something extraordinary you should look at it from a ______________.
Answer Key
1.
Bill Nye: Pseudoscience
Extraordinary ____ claims____ require extraordinary____ proof____.
2. Scientists try to understand the ____ world____.
3. The Earth’s shadow that was sometimes cast on the moon was always ____ round____.
4. Do the ships disappear all at once? No
5. The process of testing claims is what we call ____ science____.
6. If you have a claim that can’t be tested it is called ____ pseudoscience____.
7. The Loch Ness monster is a sea serpent that is thought to live in a lake in ____ Scotland____.
8. The magician makes the rabbit disappear in the box by using a ____ mirror____ in the box.
9. A big idea in science is that an ____ experiment____ can be____ repeated____.
10. How much does Bill actually weigh? 70 kg or 155 pounds
11. Have people actually seen alien spacecraft when looking through telescopes? No
12. People used to think that a guy named ____ Zeus___ who lived in the clouds threw down lightning and thunder.
13. Was this true? No
14. ____ Astrology____ started out as the study of the motions of stars and planets.
15. 2000 years ago astrologers believed the ____ Earth____ was at the center of everything.
16. What is the name for a group of stars? Constellations
17. You can lie on a bed of nails because the nails are __ so close together__ and your weight __ so spread out___
that not any one nail can get you.
18. When you see something extraordinary you should look at it from a ____ different angle____.