__________ is interpreting data based on observations.
What is inferring
100
weight measures the force of _______ of an object rather than the amount of matter in a given object.
What is gravity
100
Scientific knowledge is based on ________.
What is evidence
100
If you are trying to figure out what types of food a bear would eat in November, what types of investigation would you do?
What is observation
100
A well tested explanation of why something happens in nature is called a _______.
What is Theory
200
Given the following data how many birds will visit the feeder at 3:00 p.m
1:00 5 birds
2:00 10 birds
3:00 ? birds
What is 15 birds
200
A ______ graph is used when you are showing a distribution of people.
What is bar
200
A student notices that his ipod crashes to the floor anytime someone bumps into his desk. He notices that it slides to easily on the desk. What could he do to solve this problem?
What is put a rubber pad on the bottom of the ipod
200
Scientists usually come from different _________.
What is backgrounds
200
The law of gravity is a law because it does not attempt to _______ why objects are attracted to each other.
What is explain
300
When scientists put things into categories that are alike they are _________.
What is classifying
300
When looking at the following data, predict what will happen in June when trees do not produce as much fruit.
Diet of bears in November
Fruit 60%
Insects 10 %
Leaves 15%
What is Their fruit intake will go down and Insects and leaves will go up.
300
Creativity helps scientists to find new ways to solve ________.
What is problems
300
Who discovered the idea that the sun is the center of the solar system?
What is Galileo
300
What may cause a scientific theory to change?
What is new evidence that contradicts it.
400
Which factors needs to be controlled in an experiment?
What is variables
400
One tool that is useful in showing unexpected patterns is a ________
What is graph
400
Overtime scientists discovered that there was life in extreme environments at the depths of the ocean. What do you think may have changed in order to find new evidence?
What is technology
400
When science is in conflict with society, we call this a _________.
What is controversy
400
Why is Galileo's heliocentric theory not a law?
What is it explains how the earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
500
A possible explanation for a set of observations is called a ______
What is hypothesis
500
In order to find the volume of an irregular object, you must _______ the initial volume of the water from the final volume of water in a graduated cylinder.
What is subtract
500
What is your dependent variable if you are trying to see the amount of birds that prefer yellow feeders to red feeders?
What is the amount of birds
500
Scientists use _______ to represent thing that they cannot see because they are too big or too small.
What is models
500
cells are the basic unit of life
cells come from pre-existing cells
all life is made up of one or more cells
This is an example of a _______.