Scientific Inquiry Skills of a Scientist Real-World Events Attitudes of a Scientist Miscellaneous

What refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather?

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

Scientific inquiry often begins with a ____________ about an observation.

QUESTION

A possible answer to a scientific question

HYPOTHESIS

FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT

VARIABLES

IN A _______ EXPERIMENT, ONLY ONE VARIABLE IS CHANGED.

CONTROLLED

WHAT IS BELOW? PIE.COM

THE SKILLS OF SCIENTISTS

MAKING A STATEMENT OR CLAIM ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE OR EVIDENCE

PREDICTING

WHEN YOU EXPLAIN OR INTERPRET THE THINGS YOU OBSERVE, YOU ARE..

INFERRING

WHAT DID JANE GOODALL MAKE WHEN SHE SAW THE TWO CHIMPS PUTTING THE STEM INTO THE INSECTS’ HOLE?

AN INFERENCE

AFTER YOU OBSERVED AND RECORDED DATA IN THE STICKY TAPE LAB, YOU ______ THE DATA.

EVALUATED

WHAT SKILLS DID THE BOY USE WHEN HE CREATED HIS SUBMARINE?

CREATIVITY CURIOSITY

JANE GOODALL TRACKED THE MOVEMENTS OF MANY OF THE CHIMPANZEES. SHE MADE MAPS AS A RESULT. THESE MAPS ARE ALSO CALLED …

MODELS

IN ONE OF THE LABS WE COMPLETED, YOU ORGANIZED OBJECTS BASED ON THEIR SIZE, THEIR USE, ETC. YOU ________ THEM.

CLASSIFIED

TRUE OR FALSE INFERENCES AND PREDICTIONS ARE THE SAME THING.

FALSE

WHAT TWO THINGS DO SCIENTISTS USE WHEN OBSERVING?

THEIR SENSES AND TOOLS

HAVING AN ATTITUDE OF DOUBT

BEING SKEPTICAL OR SHOWING SKEPTICISM

YOU MUST BALANCE _______ WITH SKEPTICISM WHEN CONSIDERING OTHERS’ IDEAS.

OPEN- MINDEDNESS

THIS IS CREATED FROM THE CULTURE IN WHICH A PERSON GROWS UP

CULTURAL BIAS

Daily Double: THE RULES THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG

ETHICS

YOU JUST MADE A NEW INVENTION TO CURB CAR EXHUST EMISSIONS. YOU JUST USED ______. (HINT: ATTITUDE OF A SCIENTIST)

CREATIVITY

WHAT WAS THE MANIPULATED VARIABLE IN THE STICKY TAPE LAB?

THE TYPE OF TAPE

HOW THE M&M DISSOLVED IN THE TYPE OF WATER WAS THE M&M LAB’S _________ VARIABLE.

RESPONDING

WHAT DID YOU CONTROL IN THE M&M LAB?

1) TYPE OF SUGAR 2) AMOUNT OF SUGAR 3) AMOUNT OF WATER 4) TYPE OF BOWL USED

DAILY DOUBLE WHAT TYPE OF OBSERVATIONS DID YOU MAKE IN THE M&M LAB?

QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS

ONCE YOU GATHER OBSERVATIONS AND DATA, YOU SHOULD PUT THEM INTO ______ SO THAT YOU CAN SEE TRENDS, MAKE COMPARISONS, ETC.

1)GRAPHS 2)TABLES 3)CHARTS