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Explain moral realism and how it could still be true even if the moral facts cannot be proven or known. Connect this point to the motivation for moral relativism, explain what moral relativism says, and distinguish the two types of moral relativism. Finally, explain one problematic consequence with each of the two types of relativism. 

Explain the Is-Ought Gap, what it means for the idea of basing morality on science, and explain an example of an argument or reasoning that violates it and commits the naturalistic fallacy. 

You have an English learner in your 5th grade science class, Luis. Luis moved to the United States 18 months ago. When you see him in the hallways or at school events, Luis seems very comfortable speaking English with his peers. He even chats with them before or after class. But during science lessons, he is virtually silent and rarely contributes to class activities unless you question him directly. Which of the following statements describes the most likely reason for this juxtaposition of interaction patterns?  

Which of the following teacher traits is least likely to be associated with desirable cognitive and affective student outcomes?

It is the beginning of the school day on a cool October morning. Students in your fifth-grade class arrive at the classroom, and, without being reminded, they unpack, put their book bags away, turn in their homework folders, sharpen their pencils, sit down, and begin doing the morning work that you have written on the board. Which of the following statements is most accurate in this instance?  

Lucas, a third-grader, enters his classroom for the first time and see that the desks are in rows. If you were Lucas, what conclusion might you draw about the nature of instruction in this class?  

A car moving east collides with a truck moving north. The vehicles have the same speed but the truck has twice the mass of the car. If the vehicles stick together after the collision, what is the path followed by the vehicles after the collision?

In attempting to pull a 1500-kg car out of a ditch, Arnold exerts a force of 300 N for three seconds, Bob exerts a force of 500 N for two seconds, and Cecil exerts a force of 200 N for four seconds. Who provided the greatest impulse?

A bullet is fired into a wall and comes to rest. Considering only the bullet as the system we can say that

If an object has a larger potential energy than kinetic energy,