Some scientific observations are indirect.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Many observations are made directly by experimenters using only their unaided senses, but often observations can only be made indirectly through the use of instruments such as telescopes, microscopes, and even video cameras. In some fields such as astronomy, virtually all observations are indirect observations.

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One apparent difference between minds and physical things is that

A) ?minds can be directly observed by anyone, but physical things cannot. B) ?minds cannot be directly observed by anyone, but physical things can.. C) ?minds are unchanging, but physical things can change. D) ?minds can change, but physical things can't change.

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Where is most carbon dioxide located on Mars?

a. Polar ice caps c. Soil and rocks b. The upper atmosphere d. Olympus Mons

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Suppose that the following pair of statements appears in a review of the same work of art. Identify which of the aesthetic principles referred to in the text each statement in the pair appeals to. Then state whether the principles are compatible and thus form the basis for a consistent review, or whether they are incompatible and cannot both be used in a consistent review.a. Phillis Wheatley's poetry is important art because it convinced her eighteenth-century contemporaries of the artistic abilities of Africans and contributed to the antislavery movement.b. Phillis Wheatley's poems are exemplary expressions of Christian values.

What will be an ideal response?

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If there are no guarantees of ultimate reward and punishment,

A) ?then it still does not follow that there are no reasons to be good. B) ?then there can be no reason to do good. C) ?then the Ancient Greeks were right when they claimed God does not exist. D) ?then life is meaningless.

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