Scientific Thinking
Scientist at Work
Scientific Theories and Laws
Using Models
Vocabulary
100
____ is one of the main characteristics that leads to new scientific knowledge
What is Curiosity
100
Many careers require a knowledge of ______
What is science
100
______ are well supported and widely accepted explanations of the way nature works.
What is Scientific Theories
100
Scientist use _____ to understand things that they cannot observe directly.
What is models
100
_____ is the output that changes the system in some way
What is Feedback
200
Scientist need to be _______ or capable of accepting new and different ideas.
What is open minded
200
Scientist come from all kinds of _______ and have many different talents, interest and goals
What is backrounds
200
______ _____ describe observed patterns in nature without trying to explain those patterns
What is scientific law
200
A ______ is a group of parts that work together to perform a function or produce a result
What is a system
200
___________ includes the study of energy, motion, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, and chemistry.
What is Physical Science
300
Scientific thinking involves characteristics such as curiosity; creativity; open mindedness; skepticism; __________; honesty and ethics
What is awareness of bias
300
__________ is the study of living things; plants, animals and microscopic life forms.
What is Life Science
300
____ _____ us based on an ever growing collection of facts about the natural world
What is scientific knowledge
300
Scientist use _______ models to compare the variables in complex systems.
What is computers
300
_____ means that personal feelings affect how you make a decision or reach a conclusion
What is subjective
400
Good scientist always report their observations and results _______
truthfully
400
______ is the study of Earth and its place in the universe
What is Earth and space science
400
if you make a conclusion without gathering enough data you could be a victim of _____ ______
What is Faulty Reasoning
400
____ is the material or energy that comes out of a system
What is an oupute
400
________ is a way to explain things starting with a general idea and applying the idea to specific observation.
What is Deductive Reasoning
500
_______ requires a logical way of thinking based on gathering and evaluating evidence
What is Scientific reasoning
500
Most _____ _______ require need the work of scientist in different fields to answer them.
What is scientific questions
500
When your likes and dislikes influence how you think about something
What is Personal Bias
500
_______ _______ may involve biological, geological, and physical
What is an environmental system
500
_______ uses specific observations to make generalizations
What is Inductive Reasoning
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