12 questions
Pick the reasons why we use models
Models are expensive
Models help you understand complex systems
Models are used when systems are too expensive or impossible to use
Models can be helpful in scientific investigations because
it may not be possible to work with the real thing.
they can be smaller and more manageable than the real thing.
they can be safer to work with than the real thing.
all of the above
A tennis ball could be used to represent the sun because it's round and yellow. Which of the following could also be used to model the sun?
a light bulb
an empty cup
an eraser
a Kleenex box
Which of the statements are INCORRECT about models.
Models must be exactly like what is being modeled.
Models communicate information.
Models can be constructed.
Models can be drawings with labels.