Types of Science
The study of all living things, from the smallest, one celled organisms, to mammals.
What is biology?
A factor that is not allowed to change.
What is a constant?
This unit is used to measure mass.
What is kilogram?
An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
What is an experiment?
A short way of representing very large numbers or very small numbers.
The study of objects in outer space.
What is astronomy?
The sum of values in a data set divided by the total number of values in the set.
What is mean?
Which of the following is a scientific question?
1. Which plant is my favorite?
2. Why do plants grow taller in the sunlight?
3. Which plant looks best in this room?
4. Which plant will sell well in the store?
2 - it is a testable question about natural events and conditions?
What is an observation?
A description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured.
What is accuracy?
This science studies Earth, from the materials that make it up to the processes that shape it.
What is geology? (Or Earth science)
A description that includes a number and a unit.
What is measurement?
This product was engineered to address the needs of a person who has lost a body part such as an arm or leg.
What is a prosthetic?
A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
The exactness of a measurement.
What is precision?
The study of energy and all non living matter.
What is physical science?
A scientific ________ is a well-supported and widely accepted explanation of nature.
What is a theory?
The factor that is purposely changed in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
Representations of an object or system; useful for studying things that are too small, large, or complex to observe directly.
What are models?
This is the SI unit for mass.
What is kilogram?
This science includes BOTH physics and chemistry.
What is physical science?
The application of science and math to solve real-life problems.
What is engineering?
This factor changes due to the change in the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
A variable that is not allowed to change in the investigation.
What is a constant?
The diameter of a human red blood cell is 0.000006m. The scientific notation for this is ______.
6 x 10-6m