2. With the help of suitable examples describe the Method of Science.
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Scientific Method
Scientific Method Definition
The scientific method is a series of processes that people can use to gather knowledge about the world around them, improve that knowledge, and, through gaining knowledge, attempt to explain why and/or how things occur. This method involves making observations, forming questions, making hypotheses, doing an experiment, analyzing the data, and forming a conclusion. Every scientific experiment performed is an example of the scientific method in action, but it is also used by non-scientists in everyday situations
Scientific Method Steps
The exact steps of the scientific method vary from source to source, but the general procedure is the same: acquiring knowledge through observation and testing.
Making an Observation
The first step of the scientific method is to make an observation about the world around you. Before hypotheses can be made or experiments can be done, one must first notice and think about some sort of phenomena occurring. The scientific method is used when one does not know why/how something is occurring and wants to uncover the answer, but before one can even question an occurrence, they must notice something puzzling in the first place.
Asking a Question
Next, one must ask a question based on their observations, such as: why/how is this thing occurring? Why/how does it happen this way? Sometimes this step is listed first in the scientific method, with making an observation (and researching the phenomena in question) listed as second. In reality, both making observations and asking questions tend to happen around the same time, as one can see a confusing occurrence and immediately think, “why is it occurring?” When observations are being made and questions are being formed, it is important to do research to see if others have already answered the question, or uncovered information that may help you shape your question. For example, if you find an answer to why something is occurring, you may want to go a step further and figure out how it occurs.
Method of Science:
The ‘scientific method’ is defined as a series of processes which people uses for gathering knowledge about world around them and improve the knowledge, through gaining knowledge, and attempting to explain why and how things occur in this world.
Examples:
This method do involve making observations, and forming questions, and making hypotheses, and doing an experiment, and analysing the data, forming a conclusion.
Each and every scientific experiment which is performed is an example which the scientific method is in action.