What Is the Purpose of Basic Research

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of basic research?

• A) to solve a problem
• B) to increase scientific knowledge
• C) to prepare for future problems
• D) to support existing research

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Definitions:

Junk Science

Information or analysis claimed to be scientific but lacking in integrity, rigor, or adherence to established standards and methods.

Phase Change

A transition among the basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas, involving energy changes without altering the chemical composition of a substance.

Half-life

The time required for half the amount of a particular substance, such as a radioactive element or drug, to undergo a process of decay or elimination.

Isotope

Variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number.