Misconceptions in Science by Rawat Padma
ceptions Misconceptions in Science
Earth science Misconceptions
1. The Earth is sitting on something.
2. The Earth is larger than the Sun.
3. The Earth is round like a pancake
4. We live on the flat middle of a sphere.
5. Rain comes from holes in clouds.
6. Rains comes from clouds' sweating.
7. Rain falls from funnels in the clouds
8. Rain occurs when clouds are shaken.
9. Rain occurs when clouds get scrambled and melt.
10. God and angles cause thunder and lightning.
11. Clouds move because we move.
12. Clouds come from somewhere above the sky.
13. Empty clouds are refilled by the sea.
14. The sun boils the sea to create water vapour.
15. Clouds are made of cotton, wool, or smoke.
16. Clouds are bags of water.
Common Misconceptions in the Life Sciences
1. Plants, fungi, eggs and seeds are not living.
2. Young children do not recognize trees as living although they understand that seedlings are alive.
3. Only large land mammals are animals.
4. Penguins and turtles are amphibians because they are both in and out of water.
5. Whales, jellyfish, and starfish are all fish.
6. Behaviour and habitat are criteria for classification.
7. Food is anything useful taken into the body including: water, minerals, carbon dioxide (plants), and sunlight.
8. Students concept of digestion is often confused both in the route and the process.
9. Digestion is the process that releases usable energy from food.
10. Respiration is synonymous with breathing.
Common Misconceptions about Plants - Obtaining and Using Energy 1. Plants obtain their energy directly from the sun. 2. Plants have multiple sources of food (heterotrophic as well as autotrophic). 3. Carbon dioxide, water, and minerals are food. 4. Plants feed by absorbing food through their roots. 5. Plants use heat from the sun as a
Earth science Misconceptions
1. The Earth is sitting on something.
2. The Earth is larger than the Sun.
3. The Earth is round like a pancake
4. We live on the flat middle of a sphere.
5. Rain comes from holes in clouds.
6. Rains comes from clouds' sweating.
7. Rain falls from funnels in the clouds
8. Rain occurs when clouds are shaken.
9. Rain occurs when clouds get scrambled and melt.
10. God and angles cause thunder and lightning.
11. Clouds move because we move.
12. Clouds come from somewhere above the sky.
13. Empty clouds are refilled by the sea.
14. The sun boils the sea to create water vapour.
15. Clouds are made of cotton, wool, or smoke.
16. Clouds are bags of water.
Common Misconceptions in the Life Sciences
1. Plants, fungi, eggs and seeds are not living.
2. Young children do not recognize trees as living although they understand that seedlings are alive.
3. Only large land mammals are animals.
4. Penguins and turtles are amphibians because they are both in and out of water.
5. Whales, jellyfish, and starfish are all fish.
6. Behaviour and habitat are criteria for classification.
7. Food is anything useful taken into the body including: water, minerals, carbon dioxide (plants), and sunlight.
8. Students concept of digestion is often confused both in the route and the process.
9. Digestion is the process that releases usable energy from food.
10. Respiration is synonymous with breathing.
Common Misconceptions about Plants - Obtaining and Using Energy 1. Plants obtain their energy directly from the sun. 2. Plants have multiple sources of food (heterotrophic as well as autotrophic). 3. Carbon dioxide, water, and minerals are food. 4. Plants feed by absorbing food through their roots. 5. Plants use heat from the sun as a