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Chapter One Science Methods Scientifc Knowledge What is Science Parts of Experiment Miscel-laneous 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Science Methods 100 An educated guess made based on observations or things you know.

Science Methods 100 A What is an hypothesis?

Scientists ask _______ based on things they observe. Science Methods 200 Scientists ask _______ based on things they observe. Answer

Science Methods 200 A Answer What are questions?

Things a scientist does to test their hypothesis. Science Methods 300 Things a scientist does to test their hypothesis. Answer

Science Methods 300A Answer What are design a controlled experiment, build a model, make more observations, and measure?

In order to be reliable and accepted a discovery must be ____________. Science Methods 400 In order to be reliable and accepted a discovery must be ____________. Answer

What is based on evidence? Science Methods 400A Answer What is repeatable? What is based on evidence?

Science Methods 500 Answer Once data is collected scientists must _________________ it before making conclusions. Answer

Science Methods 500A What is analyze?

The three main areas of natural sciences are…. Scientific Knowledge 100 The three main areas of natural sciences are…. Answer

Scientific Knowledge 100A What is … Life Science Physical Science Earth Science

What does is mean to be a critical thinker as a scientist? Scientific Knowledge 200 What does is mean to be a critical thinker as a scientist? Answer

Scientific Knowledge 200A What is ….. To Be: Logical, Skeptical, Objective, a Careful Observer, Curious, and Creative

Scientific Knowledge 300 A description of something that happens in the natural world. “When I drop this pen it will always fall to the ground.” Answer

Scientific Knowledge 300 A What is a scientific law?

Scientific Knowledge 400 A scientific _________ is an explanation of what happens in nature that is well supported by evidence. Answer

Scientific Knowledge 400A What is a theory?

Scientific Knowledge 500 A scientific _______ describes what happens, but a scientific ______ tells the reason why it happens. Answer

Scientific Knowledge 500 A What is a scientific LAW and the reason is the scientific THEORY?

The systematic study of the natural world is _____. What is Science 100 The systematic study of the natural world is _____. Answer

What is Science 100A What is a science?

What is Science 200 List the characteristics that all good scientists have (there are 6) Answer

What is Science 200A Careful Observation Curiousity Creativity Logic Skepticism Objectivity

Scientific _________ are based on observations and data (evidence). What is Science 300 Scientific _________ are based on observations and data (evidence). Answer

What is scientific explanations? What is Science 300A What is scientific explanations?

What is Science 400 This is an example of ____________. Answer

What is Science 400A What is pseudoscience?

What is Science 500 Observations and measurements made in science that is used to support explanations. Answer

What is Science 500A What is empirical evidence?

Parts of an Experiment 100 First a scientist will ______and question something they see in the natural world. Answer

Parts of an Experiment 100A What is observe?

Following the hypothesis is the Parts of an Experiment 200 Following the hypothesis is the Answer

Parts of an Experiment 200A What is experiment? Also accept: model, measure, observe.

Parts of an Experiment 300 Pieces of information (observations, measurements) recorded on a table are called. Answer

Parts of an Experiment 300A What is data?

Parts of an Experiment 400 Factors that can be changed in an experiment are called. Answer

Parts of an Experiment 400A What are variables. Give an example of a variable.

Parts of an Experiment 500 These are variables that remain unchanged in an experiment. Answer

Parts of an Experiment 500A What is a constant. Example: in the fertilizer experiment the amount of water each plant received was a constant.

Miscellaneous 100 The factor that is deliberately changed by the scientist in order to test its effect on the investigation. Answer

What is the independent variable? Miscellaneous 100A What is the independent variable?

Miscellaneous 200 In the fertilizer experiment, the height f the plant is what the scientist was measuring. This was the ____________ variable. Answer

What is dependent variable? Miscellaneous 200A What is dependent variable?

Miscellaneous 300 The study of climatology (study of the climate) is an example of this type of science. Answer

Miscellaneous 300A What is earth science?

A rule that describes a pattern in nature is a scientific ______. Miscellaneous 400 A rule that describes a pattern in nature is a scientific ______. Answer

Miscellaneous 400A What is law?

Miscellaneous 500 At the end of an experiment a scientist must make evaluate evidence and draw ….. _____________. Answer

Miscellaneous 500A What are conclusions? Aha!!

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