Vocabulary
Scientists do this when they ask questions, make observations, and use other methods to gather data about an event.
What is investigation?
What is the natural world?
Scientists share their results and inferences with other scientists when they do this.
What is communicate?
What is research?
This represents something real that is too big, too small, or has too many parts to investigate directly.
What is a model?
When people collect information by using their five senses they make this.
What is observation?
True or False: Scientists always work in teams.
What is false?
What is draw conclusions?
What is a microscope?
A drawing, a diagram, or a map can be this type of model.
What is a 2D model?
An idea or an explanation that can be tested with an investigation.
What is hypothesis?
When you are starting the scientific method, you first do this.
Scientists do this when they use tools to find length, width, height, mass, weight, volume and elapsed time.
What is measure?
This is used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This type of model has a length, width, and height.
What is a 3D model?
A statement that explains an observation.
What is inference?
In an experiment, you change one factor which is called this.
What is a variable?
Scientists use their observations and existing research to make these about what will happen in the future.
What is predictions?
This is used to measure the force of an object in Newtons.
What is a spring scale?
You would use this type of model to see how an asteroid moves through the solar system.
What is a computer model?
A tool used to measure the mass of an object.
What is pan balance?
What is evidence?
What is classify?
The bits of information that you observe is called this.
What is data?
Satellites create this type of model.
What is a weather model?