Question

Scientists utilize models for a variety of different purposes, but each type of scientific model has limitations. What might be a limitation of existing solar system models?

a.
They are not based on experimentation.
b.
They are used for prediction.
c.
They cannot be changed.
d.
They are based on current knowledge.

Answer 1

They are based on current knowledge.

Answer 2

The answer is D. They are based on current knowledge.

Such limitation is common to all scientific models, they are all based on current knowledge, which gives us a limitated vision of reality. However, science advances when it integrates new knowledge and research to the existing one, this new knowledge can verify what we thought we knew, it can contradict it or it can deepen it. In any case, it gives us a more accurate vision of reality.