1. Chapter 1 Science Skills
This scientist is tending to a reactor containing bacteria….the bacteria are producing proteins that will be used in medicines

2. Key Questions
How does the process of science start and end?
What is the relationship between science and technology?
What are the branches of
natural science?

3. Science From Curiosity
Science is a system of __________________ and the ________________ used to find that knowledge.
knowledge
methods
Science begins with _______________ and often ends with ________________.
curiosity
discovery
How are discoveries made in science?
With observations and experiments

4. In some experiments, observations are _______________, or descriptive.
Sounds like “quality”
In other experiments, observations are _______________, or numerical.
Sounds like “quantity”
Also has an “n” in it like Number
qualitative
quantitative

5. Identify whether the following observations are qualitative or quantitative….
Aluminum has a density of 2.71 g/cm3
Aluminum is shiny
quantitative
qualitative

6. Science and Technology
Technology is the use of knowledge to solve ________________ problems. The goal of technology is to ____________ knowledge.
Science and technology are __________________, meaning that advances in one lead to advances in the other.
Example: telephones to cell phones
practical
expand
interdependent

7. New science is continually being applied to improve the technology of the telephone.

8. Branches of Science
Natural science is generally divided into three branches: _______________ science, ___________ ___________ space science, and ________ science.
physical
earth
and
life

9. Physical science focuses on _____________ things
Chemistry is the study of the composition and properties of ___________.
Physics studies how ________ and __________ affect the motion of matter
nonliving
matter
forces
energy

11. called ____________, which is the study of ___________ things
Life science is also
called ____________, which is the study of ___________ things
biology
living

12. There is _________________ between different areas of science.
overlap
Much of biology involves the changes or ____________ that are part of chemistry, while much of chemistry is defined by ______________ that are part of physics
Biology  Chemistry  Physics  Math
reactions
forces

13. The Big Ideas of Physical Science
Space and Time
The universe is both very _____ and very ______.
Matter and Change
A very small amount of the universe is matter. All matter that you are familiar with is made up of building blocks called _________.
old
big
atoms

14. The Big Ideas of Physical Science
Forces and Motion
Forces cause changes in ____________. The laws of physics allow these changes to be calculated exactly.
Energy
Energy exists in many forms and can be ______________ from one form to another or to different objects (it never gets destroyed)
motion
transferred

15. Identify which type of energy is found in…
Energy Example….
Energy can be stored in the form of ______________ energy and can be transferred into motion, which is called ______________ energy
Identify which type of energy is found in…
a stretched rubber band
A rubber band flying through the air
potential
kinetic
potential
kinetic

16. Science and Your Perspective
Science is a continual process. As more knowledge is added, the models that science uses to describe the universe ____________.
So be _______________ and ask _____________.
Be aware that the scientific facts of today might be changed as knowledge grows. However, believe in the scientific process that has discovered them.
change
critical
questions

17. An example of technology is…
Assessment Questions
An example of technology is…
a radio telescope.
the law of conservation of energy.
nuclear fusion in the core of a star.
the speed of light.

18. Assessment Questions
Which of the following would not be included among the main ideas of physical science?
space and time
matter and change
forces, motion, and energy
living systems and organisms

19. Assessment Questions
Natural science is divided into three overlapping
branches: physical science, earth and space
science, and life science. True False