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×),4- ren limestone College-CH. × w.saplinglearning.com/ibiscms/mod/ibis/view.php?id-4170917 hlab | Pearsor Limestone College Getting Started-EN g Learning 4 Jump to... Sort the items below into those which characterize science and those which charactertze pseudoscience Map d Characteristics of Scientific Theory Characteristics of Pseudoscientific Theory based on authority ambiguous logical structure explicit predictions cannot be tested consistent with bellefs based on observation falsifiable 0 9 8 7 6

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Science- It is an enterprise that creates and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explantions and explicit predictions. It can be changed if proved wrong with new evidence.

1. Testable

2. explicit prediction- the ability to make succesful prediction is the charecterstics of Science.

3. Falsifiable- it shows that the scintific statement is able to be tested and can be proven wrong.

Pseudoscience- it is a claim, belief or practice which is presented as scientific but lacks the valid scientific methodology or supporting evidence.

1. Belief

2. Can not be tested.

3. based on authority- because science is based on evidence not any individual or authority. So it comes under pseudoscience.

4. Ambigous logical structure- pseudoscience is based on belief, hence often tend to be unclear.

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