Question

1. A nurse takes the temperature of a newly admitted patient and finds it’s to be 99.2 oF. In the scientific method, the nurse has made a(n):

a) observation b) hypothesis c) experiment d) theory

2. The nurse believes that a patient’s above normal temperature is caused by a bacterial infection; In the scientific method, the nurse has made a(n):

a) observation b) hypothesis c) experiment d) theory

3. A nurse administers an antibiotic to a patient with an above normal temperature.

a) observation b) hypothesis c) experiment d) theory

4. True or False (circle one): When lots of collected data support a particular hypothesis, that hypothesis can be then be referred to as a theory or a model.

5. True or False (circle one): A theory can be considered to be proven fact.

6. After several days of treatment with antibiotics, a patient’s temperature drops from high back to normal. Is this proof that the patient had a bacterial infection?

Answer 1

1. Answer is: a) observation

Measurement of body temperature is a quantitative observation.

2. Answer is: Hypothesis

Because, nurse believes is based on the information of the patient, but she is not confirmed. So this is a hypothetical statement.

3. Answer is: c) experiment.

because she do not know what will be the exact effect of antibiotic on the body temperature, but as per the hypothesis she made that it may be due to bacterial infection, she is administering antibiotic. So this is an experiment.

4. True.

5. Answer is: True

6. Yes, because antibiotic is used for the treatment of the bacterial infection and if the temperature is reduced to normal by the treatment with antibiotic, can be said that it was bacterial infection.