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A scientific model is a complex representation of a simpler system. True or False?

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False

Definition:

The scientific model is a condensed depiction of complicated or invisible to the human sight scientific systems, such an atom or a solar system. Although this representation is simplified, it is nevertheless accountable for producing all of the original systems' essence, substance, and behavior. This allows the models to be employed in scientific studies and research and to provide tangible outcomes that accurately reflect the actual systems.

What is a scientific model?

A scientific model is a simplification that roughly represents the real world while making it simple to think about issues, gain clarity and understanding, and perhaps forecast behavior.

Say, "The world is flat!" as an example. Actually, if you were alive 10,000 years ago, this estimate wasn't so awful. In general, everything you see around you suggests that the globe *is* flat, especially if you're living on a large grassy plane. Forget some of the boundary difficulties around the "edge of the globe"; perhaps it just never ends.

Then, though, you could start to see ships if you go to the ocean and stare out across that huge horizon. The sail is shown first, followed by a little portion of the mast, and then the ship's body. Hmm. That must imply that the spacecraft was underneath the earth's "flat surface," or...

The globe that is the earth (Or having a burrito-like form. But for now, let's stick with spherical.) That's fascinating. That would indicate that if I go from one location on Earth to another and keep moving, I would ultimately return to the original location. This proposition is testable!

The Earth is not a perfect spherical, of course. Its core protrudes a little bit. But a sphere is a reasonably good scientific model for the Earth for all everyday practical purposes (with the exception of things like GPS and satellite communications, etc.).

Similar to this, other scientific models should be as straightforward as feasible in order to explain occurrences and offer some level of testable prediction potential.

Thanks,
Eddie

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False

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A model is a representation of a more complex system.

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