Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and
satisfiability?
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Intellectual Development Foundation

 Preface
This piece of writing is a guide which consists of generic scientific questions for
scientific thinkers. These generic questions are based on the properties which allow us
to study anything systematically. The questions which are systematically designed can
guide students to study anything systematically. For teachers, this provides a Simple
Unified Instructional System (SUIS) to guide students to study anything systematically.
For students, this is a scientific thinking supplement to any textbook for any science
course. Teachers can use this to design science instruction, assignments, and tests.
Students can use this to improve their perspective in any domain of science.
Systematic generic scientific thinking skills apply to all sciences. For example,
scientific thinkers are clear as to the purpose at hand and the question at issue. They
question information, conclusions, and points of view. They strive to be accurate,
precise, and relevant. They seek to think beneath the surface, to be logical, and
objective. They apply these skills to their reading and writing as well as to their
speaking and listening. They apply them in professional and personal life.
When this guide is used as a supplement to the science textbook in multiple
courses, students begin to perceive the application of scientific thinking to many
domains in everyday life. And if their instructors provide examples of the application
of scientific thinking to daily life, students begin to see scientific thinking as a tool for
improving the quality of their lives.
If you are a student using this guide, get in the habit of carrying it with you to
every science class. Consult it frequently in analyzing and synthesizing what you are
learning. Aim for deep internalization of the principles you find in this - until using
them becomes second nature.
If successful, this guide will serve faculty, students, and the science program
simultaneously. This work is based on the Simple Unified Instructional System
developed by Intellectual Development Foundation. This piece of writing is not
organized into chapters. Every page illustrates how different things can questioned
exhaustively with systematic generic scientific questions.

Excellence in scientific thinking must be cultivated systematically.

Senthilkumar. S., Sivashanmugam. P.,

 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 3
Glucose
What properties of glucose allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of glucose which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can glucose exhibit divisibility? Yes. Glucose has divisibility and it
can be divided into things called the parts of glucose.
∙ What are the parts of glucose?

2. Comparability
Can glucose exhibit comparability? Yes. Glucose has comparability
and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to glucose is neither different nor similar to
glucose.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to glucose?

Hai! You know well about glucose,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about glu-
Can glucose exhibit connectivity? Yes. Glucose has connectivity
cose?
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to glucose?

4. Disturbability
Can glucose exhibit disturbability? Yes. Glucose has disturbability and it can be disturbed (affected)
by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect glucose?

5. Reorderability
Can glucose exhibit reorderability? Yes. Glucose has reorderability and it can be reordered from one
from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of glucose?

6. Substitutability
Can glucose exhibit substitutability? Yes. Glucose has substitutability and it can be substituted by
the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for glucose?

7. Satisfiability
Can glucose exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Glucose has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is in need of glucose?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 4
Fructose
What properties of fructose allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of fructose which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can fructose exhibit divisibility? Yes. Fructose has divisibility and
it can be divided into things called the parts of fructose.
∙ What are the parts of fructose?

2. Comparability
Can fructose exhibit comparability? Yes. Fructose has comparabil-
ity and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to fructose is neither different nor similar to
fructose.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to fructose?

Hai! You know well about fructose,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about fruc-
Can fructose exhibit connectivity? Yes. Fructose has connectivity
tose?
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to fructose?

4. Disturbability
Can fructose exhibit disturbability? Yes. Fructose has disturbability and it can be disturbed
(affected) by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect fructose?

5. Reorderability
Can fructose exhibit reorderability? Yes. Fructose has reorderability and it can be reordered from
one from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of fructose?

6. Substitutability
Can fructose exhibit substitutability? Yes. Fructose has substitutability and it can be substituted by
the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for fructose?

7. Satisfiability
Can fructose exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Fructose has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is in need of fructose?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 5
Sucrose
What properties of sucrose allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of sucrose which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can sucrose exhibit divisibility? Yes. Sucrose has divisibility and it
can be divided into things called the parts of sucrose.
∙ What are the parts of sucrose?

2. Comparability
Can sucrose exhibit comparability? Yes. Sucrose has comparability
and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to sucrose is neither different nor similar to
sucrose.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to sucrose?

Hai! You know well about sucrose,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about su-
Can sucrose exhibit connectivity? Yes. Sucrose has connectivity
crose?
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to sucrose?

4. Disturbability
Can sucrose exhibit disturbability? Yes. Sucrose has disturbability and it can be disturbed (affected)
by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect sucrose?

5. Reorderability
Can sucrose exhibit reorderability? Yes. Sucrose has reorderability and it can be reordered from one
from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of sucrose?

6. Substitutability
Can sucrose exhibit substitutability? Yes. Sucrose has substitutability and it can be substituted by
the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for sucrose?

7. Satisfiability
Can sucrose exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Sucrose has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is in need of sucrose?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 6
Lactose
What properties of lactose allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of lactose which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can lactose exhibit divisibility? Yes. Lactose has divisibility and it
can be divided into things called the parts of lactose.
∙ What are the parts of lactose?

2. Comparability
Can lactose exhibit comparability? Yes. Lactose has comparability
and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to lactose is neither different nor similar to
lactose.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to lactose?

Hai! You know well about lactose,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about lac-
Can lactose exhibit connectivity? Yes. Lactose has connectivity and
tose?
it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to lactose?

4. Disturbability
Can lactose exhibit disturbability? Yes. Lactose has disturbability and it can be disturbed (affected)
by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect lactose?

5. Reorderability
Can lactose exhibit reorderability? Yes. Lactose has reorderability and it can be reordered from one
from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of lactose?

6. Substitutability
Can lactose exhibit substitutability? Yes. Lactose has substitutability and it can be substituted by
the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for lactose?

7. Satisfiability
Can lactose exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Lactose has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require
it.
∙ What is in need of lactose?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 7
Maltose
What properties of maltose allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of maltose which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can maltose exhibit divisibility? Yes. Maltose has divisibility and it
can be divided into things called the parts of maltose.
∙ What are the parts of maltose?

2. Comparability
Can maltose exhibit comparability? Yes. Maltose has comparability
and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to maltose is neither different nor similar to
maltose.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to maltose?

Hai! You know well about maltose,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about malt-
Can maltose exhibit connectivity? Yes. Maltose has connectivity
ose?
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to maltose?

4. Disturbability
Can maltose exhibit disturbability? Yes. Maltose has disturbability and it can be disturbed
(affected) by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect maltose?

5. Reorderability
Can maltose exhibit reorderability? Yes. Maltose has reorderability and it can be reordered from
one from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of maltose?

6. Substitutability
Can maltose exhibit substitutability? Yes. Maltose has substitutability and it can be substituted by
the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for maltose?

7. Satisfiability
Can maltose exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Maltose has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is in need of maltose?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 8
Cellulose
What properties of cellulose allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of cellulose which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can cellulose exhibit divisibility? Yes. Cellulose has divisibility and
it can be divided into things called the parts of cellulose.
∙ What are the parts of cellulose?

2. Comparability
Can cellulose exhibit comparability? Yes. Cellulose has compara-
bility and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything
which cannot be compared to cellulose is neither different nor
similar to cellulose.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to cellulose?

Hai! You know well about cellulose,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about cellu-
Can cellulose exhibit connectivity? Yes. Cellulose has connectivity
lose?
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to cellulose?

4. Disturbability
Can cellulose exhibit disturbability? Yes. Cellulose has disturbability and it can be disturbed
(affected) by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect cellulose?

5. Reorderability
Can cellulose exhibit reorderability? Yes. Cellulose has reorderability and it can be reordered from
one from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of cellulose?

6. Substitutability
Can cellulose exhibit substitutability? Yes. Cellulose has substitutability and it can be substituted by
the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for cellulose?

7. Satisfiability
Can cellulose exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Cellulose has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is in need of cellulose?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 9
Starch
What properties of starch allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of starch which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can starch exhibit divisibility? Yes. Starch has divisibility and it
can be divided into things called the parts of starch.
∙ What are the parts of starch?

2. Comparability
Can starch exhibit comparability? Yes. Starch has comparability
and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to starch is neither different nor similar to
starch.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to starch?

Hai! You know well about starch,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about starch?
Can starch exhibit connectivity? Yes. Starch has connectivity and it
can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to starch?

4. Disturbability
Can starch exhibit disturbability? Yes. Starch has disturbability and it can be disturbed (affected) by
the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect starch?

5. Reorderability
Can starch exhibit reorderability? Yes. Starch has reorderability and it can be reordered from one
from to its other forms.
∙∙ What are the forms of starch?

6. Substitutability
Can starch exhibit substitutability? Yes. Starch has substitutability and it can be substituted by the
things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for starch?

7. Satisfiability
Can starch exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Starch has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require
it.
∙ What is in need of starch?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 10
Glycogen
What properties of glycogen allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of glycogen which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can glycogen exhibit divisibility? Yes. Glycogen has divisibility and
it can be divided into things called the parts of glycogen.
∙ What are the parts of glycogen?

2. Comparability
Can glycogen exhibit comparability? Yes. Glycogen has compara- Hai! You know well about glycogen,
bility and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything but do you have the knowledge to
which cannot be compared to glycogen is neither different nor answer the questions about glyco-
similar to glycogen. gen?
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to glycogen?

3. Connectivity
Can glycogen exhibit connectivity? Yes. Glycogen has connectivity and it can be connected to all
the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to glycogen?

4. Disturbability
Can glycogen exhibit disturbability? Yes. Glycogen has disturbability and it can be disturbed
(affected) by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect glycogen?

5. Reorderability
Can glycogen exhibit reorderability? Yes. Glycogen has reorderability and it can be reordered from
one from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of glycogen?

6. Substitutability
Can glycogen exhibit substitutability? Yes. Glycogen has substitutability and it can be substituted
by the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for glycogen?

7. Satisfiability
Can glycogen exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Glycogen has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is in need of glycogen?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 11
Glycosidic linkage
What properties of glycosidic linkage allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of glycosidic linkage which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit divisibility? Yes. Glycosidic linkage
has divisibility and it can be divided into things called the parts of
glycosidic linkage.
∙ What are the parts of glycosidic linkage?

2. Comparability
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit comparability? Yes. Glycosidic link-
age has comparability and it can be compared to all the other
things. Anything which cannot be compared to glycosidic linkage
is neither different nor similar to glycosidic linkage.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to glycosidic
linkage?
Hai! You know well about glycosid-
3. Connectivity ic linkage, but do you have the
knowledge to answer the questions
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit connectivity? Yes. Glycosidic linkage
about glycosidic linkage?
has connectivity and it can be connected to all the other things
which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to glycosidic linkage?

4. Disturbability
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit disturbability? Yes. Glycosidic linkage has disturbability and it can be
disturbed (affected) by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect glycosidic linkage?

5. Reorderability
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit reorderability? Yes. Glycosidic linkage has reorderability and it can
be reordered from one from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of glycosidic linkage?

6. Substitutability
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit substitutability? Yes. Glycosidic linkage has substitutability and it
can be substituted by the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for glycosidic linkage?

7. Satisfiability
Can glycosidic linkage exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Glycosidic linkage has satisfiability and it can satis-
fy those which require it.
∙ What is in need of glycosidic linkage?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Scientific Questions for Scientific Thinkers 12
Chitin
What properties of chitin allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of chitin which allow us to study it systematically.

1. Divisibility
Can chitin exhibit divisibility? Yes. Chitin has divisibility and it can
be divided into things called the parts of chitin.
∙ What are the parts of chitin?

2. Comparability
Can chitin exhibit comparability? Yes. Chitin has comparability
and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything which
cannot be compared to chitin is neither different nor similar to
chitin.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to chitin?

Hai! You know well about chitin,

3. Connectivity but do you have the knowledge to
answer the questions about chitin?
Can chitin exhibit connectivity? Yes. Chitin has connectivity and it
can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to chitin?

4. Disturbability
Can chitin exhibit disturbability? Yes. Chitin has disturbability and it can be disturbed (affected) by
the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect chitin?

5. Reorderability
Can chitin exhibit reorderability? Yes. Chitin has reorderability and it can be reordered from one
from to its other forms.
∙ What are the forms of chitin?

6. Substitutability
Can chitin exhibit substitutability? Yes. Chitin has substitutability and it can be substituted by the
things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for chitin?

7. Satisfiability
Can chitin exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Chitin has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require it.
∙ What is in need of chitin?

What will you do if no thing has divisibility, comparability,

connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability?
 Anything which one can identify has divisibility, comparability,
connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and satisfiability!