Scientific Questions
Tools to Observe
How Scientists Answer Questions
Keeping Records
What are Models?
100
What might you do to find out more about Florida's caves?
Read an article in a scientific journal.
100
An object used to perform a task.
What is a tool?
100
An organized way to answer questions and solve problems.
What is a scientific method?
100
A set of step-by-step instructions for how to perform a test.
What is the procedure?
100
This describes something that has length and width but not height.
What is a two-dimensional model?
200
The process of asking questions.
What is inquiry.
200
This can be used to measure length and distance.
What is a ruler?
200
On what type of surface would a ball bounce the lowest? A - wood B - tile C - carpet D - rubber
C - Carpet
200
What could you infer if you saw a tree with no leaves?
It is fall, a storm came through, etc.
200
Which is not part of the natural world? A - weather B - energy C - the solar system D - music
D - music
300
A careful way of looking for something.
What is an investigation.
300
This can be used to make objects appear larger and see more detail than you could with just your eyes.
What is a hand lens?
300
A possible answer to your question.
What is a hypothesis?
300
Why did some groups gather more paperclips with the magnet experiment than others?
Student answers will vary.
300
This describes objects that have length, width, and height.
What is a three-dimensional model?
400
Encyclopedia, internet, science book, scientist, etc.
What are references?
400
What do you measure with a graduated cylinder?
Volume
400
Facts gained from observations and experiments.
What is evidence?
400
This is an example of a ______________. A table-tennis ball will bounce highest on which surface?
What is a question?
400
Give an example of a two-dimensional model?
Floor Plan or Blue Print
500
What type of resource could you use to find out about a type of rock?
Internet, encyclopedia, science book, etc.
500
What tool would you use to look at the moon?
Telescope
500
What is the part of the experiment that you change called?
Controlled Variable
500
What should two scientists do if they get different results for the same experiment?
Go over their procedures to see why the results were different. Retest.
500
Why do scientists use models?
It would be too expensive and time-consuming to build the real thing to test it.
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