What Questions do Scientists Ask?
How do Scientists Use Tools?
How do Scientists Answer Questions?
How do Scientists Draw Conclusions?
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100
The process of asking questions and searching for answers.
What is an inquiry?
100
An object or device used to perform a task.
What is a tool?
100
Organized ways to answer questions and solve problems.
What is the scientific method?
100
Step-by-step instructions on how to perform a test.
What is a procedure?
100
This tool helps to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
A careful way of looking for something.
What is an investigation?
200
This tool is used to measure mass.
What is a balance?
200
A possible way to answer your question and includes if, then, and because.
What is a hypothesis? *Be prepared to write your own hypothesis!
200
Name two ways to organize your data.
What are use diagrams, charts, or graphs?
200
A variable that you keep the same so they do not affect the dependent variable.
What is the controlled variable?
300
Observations are made with these two things.
What are your senses and tools?
300
This tool is used to measure volume.
What is a graduated cylinder?
300
This type of variable is one that you can change.
What is the independent variable?
300
A conclusion drawn from data and observation.
What is an inference? *Be prepared to make an inference based on evidence!
300
Name three safety rules.
What is read the instructions carefully before you start, listen to the teacher's instruction, keep your work area neat and clean, clean up spills right away, never taste or smell any substance unless the teacher says it's okay, handle sharp items carefully,...anything on page 14?
400
Name three types of reference materials.
What are encyclopedias, books, magazines, journals, scientific articles, and the Internet?
400
A metric ruler measures these two things.
What are length and distance?
400
Observations and facts gained from experiments.
What is evidence?
400
When a scientists do the experiment over again to get an accurate result.
What are multiple trials?
400
Name two reason why scientist share information.
What is to check if errors are made, if the tools used are flawed, to check if the scientist missed an important detail, to check if they got similar data?
500
This makes a reference material reliable.
What is has to have been reviewed by other scientists?
500
Name two tools that help make small objects bigger.
What is a hand lense and a microscope?
500
The difference between a two-dimensional and three-dimensional model.
What is a two dimensional model has length and width and is a flat model, and a three-dimensional model has length, width, and height, which is not flat?
500
A reasonable answer should not do this.
What is favor one opinion?
500
Double Jeopardy Name the steps for a scientific investigation.
What is ask a question, state your hypothesis, identify and control variables, test your hypothesis, collect and record data, interpret data, state your conclusion, if you need to, try it again?
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