You're Lying in Bed When a Piece of a Meteorite

question 15

Multiple Choice

You're lying in bed when a piece of a meteorite enters the Earth's atmosphere and flies through the window of your apartment, landing at your feet.

• A) Your apartment complex has a right to claim the property because it landed on their land.
• B) You may keep the property because of the rule of first possession.
• C) You and your apartment complex must share the property as equal co-owners.
• D) The government can exercise its right of eminent domain and claim the property for the good of the public.
• E) The property must be turned over to police and cannot be claimed until 60 days have passed.

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Definitions:

James Coleman

An American sociologist known for his work in educational sociology and for developing the Coleman Report, which examined educational equality in the United States.

Value-Free Sociology

An ideal whereby researchers identify facts without allowing their own personal beliefs or biases to interfere.

Objectivity

Impartiality; the ability to allow the facts to speak for themselves.

Personal Beliefs

Individual convictions or acceptances of truth, which influence behaviors, attitudes, and values.