Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Explaining Science

What is an analogy ? 
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Why do you think scientist use analogies to explain science ?


44 comments:

  1. An analogy is a comparison between 2 things. For ex.

    Human is to animal as school is to college

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  2. A comparison of two things like water is to boil as ice is to melt

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  3. Analogy is a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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  4. Because they are smart

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  5. Analogy is something that compares two things.

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  6. A comparison of two things.

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  7. analogy is comparing one thing to another. I think scientists use analogies to help understand what the thing they are comparing is,what it dose and it's impact on the world

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  8. A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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  9. An analogy is a comparison of two things! I think they used analogies in science to simplify stuff.

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  10. Atlas is to a map as dictionary is to map.

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  11. The Comparrison of two things

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  12. An analogy is comparing one thing to another. I believe that scientists use them to show how important things are and to help people understand what they are saying.

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  13. It is the comparison of two things.

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  15. An analogy is a comparison of two things, one being the one you focus on more than the other, the other providing as an example.

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  16. To make it easier to understand for scientists.

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  17. An analogy is a comparison of two things. I think scientists use it because they're crazy!

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  18. An analogy is when something is compared to two things. It helps to make more comprehensible.

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  19. An analogy is a comparison of two things. I think that scientists use analogies to help them understand things.

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  20. An analogy is to compare something, and Analogies might help scientists by taking something difficult to understand, and making them easier to understand by comparing two things.

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  21. An analogy is to compare something. They might help scientists by taking something difficult to understand, and making them easier to understand by comparing two things.

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  22. An analogy is comparing one thing to another. I believe that scientists use them to show how important things are and to help people understand what they are saying.

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  23. An analogy is a comparison of two things, one being the one you focus on more than the other, the other providing as an example.

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  24. i do not now.
    loganm

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  25. it is comparing two things

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    1. priest is to church as fireman is to firestation.

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  26. An analogy is a comparison between two things, usually on the basics of their structure. Scientists use analogies in order to explain a hard concept into an easier understanding!

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  27. It is the comparison of two things.

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  28. Wegener is to Pangea as Robert Hooke is to the cell.

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  29. analogy is comparing one thing to another. I think scientists use analogies to help understand what the thing they are comparing is,what it dose and it's impact on the world

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  30. An analogy is to compare something. They might help scientists by taking something difficult to understand, and making them easier to understand by comparing two things.

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  31. An analogy is a comparison between two things, usually on the basics of their structure. Scientists use analogies in order to explain a hard concept into an easier understanding.

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  32. Analogy is comparing one thing to another. I think scientists use analogies to help understand what the thing they are comparing is,what it dose and it's impact on the world.

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  33. compare two things to each other

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  34. A comparison of two things like water is to boil as ice is to melt

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  35. Analogy is a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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  36. An analogy is comparing one thing to another.

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  37. yes because they are pretty much comparisons

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  38. I think they use analogies to better explain things that are herd to explain. I also think they use analogies to relate things.

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  39. An analogy is a comparison between two things, usually on the basics of their structure. Scientists use analogies in order to explain a hard concept into an easier understanding.

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  40. An analogy is comparing two things together.

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  41. Wegener is to Pangea as Robert Hooke is to the cell.

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