Scientific Process
Graphing/Measuring
Scientific Knowledge
Science & Society
Theories/Laws/Model
100
A variable that is purposely changed to test your hypothesis
What is an independent variable
100
The dependent variable is found on the _____ axis
What is Y
100
scientific explanations are based on _______.
What is Evidence
100
When scientists from different backgrounds are working on the same project, it is important that they use the same _______ to conduct scientific investigations.
What is methods
100
Scientists use ______ to represent things that are too big or too small to observe directly.
What is models
200
You are making a ________ when you use your five senses to gather information.
What is an observation
200
You would use a _________ ____________ to measure volume
What is a graduated cylinder
200
Scientific knowledge is not based on ________.
What are opinions
200
Even though scientists study different topics they use the same scientific _________ to gain knowledge about the natural world.
What is principles
200
________ provide an explanation for why a pattern in nature happens.
What is theories
300
A ___________ is an educated guess that must be able to be tested.
What is a hypothesis
300
You would use a __________ to measure mass.
What is a balance
300
Ms. Milton wants to know how sunlight affects the growth of pea plants. She plants five pea plants in natural sunlight and adds 25 ml of water. She then plants five pea plants in the shade and adds 35 ml of water. What is the major error in her experimental design?
What is she had two independent variables or the amount of water did not remain constant
300
Ignaz Sammelweis introduced hand washing into common practice for delivering babies. Although controversial at the time, it is currently common practice to wash hands before delivering babies all around the country. This is an example of how science changes with new _________.
What is evidence
300
gravity is considered a law because is does not provide an ____________ for why there is an observed pattern in the attractions of objects.
What is explanation
400
Using evidence to propose scientific explanations for events that happen in nature is a process called _______ _______
What is scientfic inquiry
400
In order to show how different sets of data are related you would use a _______ ______
What is a line graph
400
The purpose of ______ trials is to validate conclusions
What is repeated
400
When scientists propose a scientific explanation for an event that occurs in nature that is in conflict with society we call it a _________.
What is controversy
400
Galileo came up with a ________ that stated the Sun was the center of the solar system.
What is theory
500
Mrs. Lendino saw a blue and a red m&m that looked exactly the same only different colors in the same bag. She hypothesized that they were made in the same factory. This hypothesis was based on __________ & _____________
What is observations and inferences
500
If given the following set of data determine the temperature at 2000 ml of water 500 ml 15 degrees celcius 1000 ml 20 degrees celsius 1500 ml 25 degrees celsius 2000 ml ?
What is 30 degrees celsius
500
Jeffrey designed an experiment that tested how the cost of hot dogs effects the amount of hot dogs sold at a baseball game. He wrote his procedure so clearly so that Marci could ________ the experiment.
What is replicate
500
_________ all come from different backgrounds
What is Scientists
500
Models are not based on _________
What is opinions
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