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
Kidney
What properties of kidney allow us to study it systematically?
Listed below are the properties of kidney which allow us to study it systematically.

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

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

Hai! You know well about kidney,

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

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

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can kidney exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Kidney has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require
it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by kidney?

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

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

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

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

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

4. Disturbability
Hai! You know well about ureter,
Can ureter exhibit disturbability? Yes. Ureter has disturbability
but do you have the knowledge to
and it can be disturbed (affected) by the things which can influ-
answer the questions about ureter?
ence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect ureter?

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can ureter exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Ureter has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require
it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by ureter?

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

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

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

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

3. Connectivity
Hai! You know well about nephron,
Can nephron exhibit connectivity? Yes. Nephron has connectivity
but do you have the knowledge to
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it.
answer the questions about neph-
∙ What is that which cannot connect to nephron? ron?

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

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can nephron exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Nephron has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by nephron?

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

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

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

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

3. Connectivity
Can bladder exhibit connectivity? Yes. Bladder has connectivity
Hai! You know well about bladder,
and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it. but do you have the knowledge to
∙ What is that which cannot connect to bladder? answer the questions about blad-
der?

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

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can bladder exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Bladder has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by bladder?

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

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

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

2. Comparability
Can renal vein exhibit comparability? Yes. Renal vein has compa-
rability and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything
which cannot be compared to renal vein is neither different nor
similar to renal vein.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to renal vein?

Hai! You know well about renal

3. Connectivity vein, but do you have the
Can renal vein exhibit connectivity? Yes. Renal vein has connectivi- knowledge to answer the questions
ty and it can be connected to all the other things which hold it. about renal vein?

∙ What is that which cannot connect to renal vein?

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

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can renal vein exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Renal vein has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which
require it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by renal vein?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can urethra exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Urethra has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which re-
quire it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by urethra?

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

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

1. Divisibility
Can urine exhibit divisibility? Yes. Urine has divisibility and it can
be divided into things called the components (parts) of urine.
∙ What are the components (parts) of urine?

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

3. Connectivity Hai! You know well about urine,

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

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

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

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

7. Satisfiability
Can urine exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Urine has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by urine?

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

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

1. Divisibility
Can renal medulla exhibit divisibility? Yes. Renal medulla has di-
visibility and it can be divided into things called the parts of renal
medulla.
∙ What are the parts of renal medulla?

2. Comparability
Can renal medulla exhibit comparability? Yes. Renal medulla has
comparability and it can be compared to all the other things. Any-
thing which cannot be compared to renal medulla is neither differ-
ent nor similar to renal medulla.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to renal me- Hai! You know well about renal
dulla? medulla, but do you have the
knowledge to answer the questions
3. Connectivity about renal medulla?

Can renal medulla exhibit connectivity? Yes. Renal medulla has

connectivity and it can be connected to all the other things which
hold it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to renal medulla?

4. Disturbability
Can renal medulla exhibit disturbability? Yes. Renal medulla has disturbability and it can be dis-
turbed (affected) by the things which can influence it.
∙ What is that which cannot affect renal medulla?

5. Reorderability
Can renal medulla exhibit reorderability? Yes. Renal medulla has reorderability and it can be reor-
dered from one from to its other forms.
∙ What can be the forms of renal medulla?

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

7. Satisfiability
Can renal medulla exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Renal medulla has satisfiability and it can satisfy those
which require it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by renal medulla?

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

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

1. Divisibility
Can renal artery exhibit divisibility? Yes. Renal artery has divisibil-
ity and it can be divided into things called the parts of renal artery.
∙ What are the parts of renal artery?

2. Comparability
Can renal artery exhibit comparability? Yes. Renal artery has com-
parability and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything
which cannot be compared to renal artery is neither different nor
similar to renal artery.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to renal artery?

Hai! You know well about renal

3. Connectivity
artery, but do you have the
Can renal artery exhibit connectivity? Yes. Renal artery has con- knowledge to answer the questions
nectivity and it can be connected to all the other things which hold about renal artery?
it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to renal artery?

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

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

6. Substitutability
Can renal artery exhibit substitutability? Yes. Renal artery has substitutability and it can be substi-
tuted by the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for renal artery?

7. Satisfiability
Can renal artery exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Renal artery has satisfiability and it can satisfy those
which require it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by renal artery?

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

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

1. Divisibility
Can renal cortex exhibit divisibility? Yes. Renal cortex has divisibil-
ity and it can be divided into things called the parts of renal cortex.
∙ What are the parts of renal cortex?

2. Comparability
Can renal cortex exhibit comparability? Yes. Renal cortex has com-
parability and it can be compared to all the other things. Anything
which cannot be compared to renal cortex is neither different nor
similar to renal cortex.
∙ What is that which is neither different nor similar to renal cor-
tex?
Hai! You know well about renal
3. Connectivity cortex, but do you have the
Can renal cortex exhibit connectivity? Yes. Renal cortex has con- knowledge to answer the questions
nectivity and it can be connected to all the other things which hold about renal cortex?
it.
∙ What is that which cannot connect to renal cortex?

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

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

6. Substitutability
Can renal cortex exhibit substitutability? Yes. Renal cortex has substitutability and it can be substi-
tuted by the things which qualify to substitute it.
∙ What can substitute for renal cortex?

7. Satisfiability
Can renal cortex exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Renal cortex has satisfiability and it can satisfy those
which require it.
∙ What is that which cannot be satisfied by renal cortex?

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!