Scientific Method
There are _______ steps in the Scientific Method.
What is between 5 and 9.
Science is a way of learning more about the ________________________.
What is natural world.
In the Science lab, your must ____ and ____ before you act.
What is listen and think.
Explain what a model is.
What is a representation of an object or an event used as a tool for understanding the natural world. Helps us visualize something too big or too small to be seen.
Factors that can be changed in an experiment.
What are variables.
The procedure to test a hypothesis is ___________.
What is experiment.
Science cannot answer questions about _______________.
What is art, music, religion, morality, personal preference, what is right, wrong, good, or bad.
Give an example of a physical model.
What is solar system, cell, globe, etc.
Variable that is not changed in an experiment is the ___________.
What is constant.
A reasonable or educated possible answer to a problem based on observations is _______________.
What is hypothesis.
Tell what a system is and give an example of a system.
What is a collection of structures, cycles, and processes that relate to and interact with each other. Examples: various
Models communicate ___________ and ideas to other people.
What is observations.
Variable that is changed in an experiment is the _________________.
What is independent variable.
You gather information through your _________ about the natural world.
What is senses.
Name the three branches of Science.
What is Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science.
Name the 3 types of models.
What is physical, computer, idea.
Draw conclusions based on what you observe ___________.
What is infer/inference.
Data can be organized into ________, __________, or _________.
What is charts, graphs, tables.
Explain the difference between Scientific Law and Scientific Theory.
What is Scientific laws are rules that describe a pattern in nature that occurs. Scientific Theory is an attempt to explain a pattern observed; the best information currently available.
Models save _________, __________, and ___________.
What is time, money, lives.
Combining what you already know with the new facts that you are given to decide if you should agree with something.
What is critical thinking.