Scientific Method
What is Science?
Lab Safety
Models in Science
Vocabulary
100
There are _______ steps in the Scientific Method.
What is 6.
100

Science is a way of learning more about the ________________________.

What is natural world.

100

In the Science lab, you should _______ before you act.

What is think.

100

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.

100
Factors that can be changed in an experiment.
What are variables.
200
The procedure to test a hypothesis is ___________.
What is experiment.
200
Science cannot answer questions about _______________.
What is art, music, religion, morality, personal preference, what is right, wrong, good, or bad.
200

Do not __________ before you have permission.

What is touch?

200

Give an example of a physical model.

What is solar system, cell, globe, etc.

200
Variable that is not changed in an experiment is the ___________.
What is constant.
300
A reasonable or educated possible answer to a problem based on observations is _______________.
What is hypothesis.
300

Name 2 types of scientific investigations.

What is fieldwork, survey, laboratory investigation, research investigation. Examples: vary.

300
Lab accidents should be reported to ___________.
What is the teacher.
300

Example of a visual model.

What is drawing of atom, solar system, map, diagram, water cycle etc.

300
Variable that is changed in an experiment is the _________________.
What is independent variable.
400

____________ data are observations of the natural world.

What is qualitative data.

400
Name the three branches of Science.
What is Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science.
400
Safety must be taken seriously to prevent __________.
What is injuries.
400

Name the 3 types of models.

What is physical, mathematical, visual, computer.

400
Draw conclusions based on what you observe ___________.
What is infer/inference.
500

Name 2 ways that scientists increase the validity of their experiment.

What is repetition, replication, increasing the sample size, keeping all variables constant except for one, etc.

500
Explain the difference between Scientific Law and Scientific Theory.
What is Scientific laws are rules that describe a pattern in nature. Scientific Theory is an attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in nature.
500

Name three safety precautions scientists must use in the Science lab.

What is safety glasses/goggles, gloves, lab coat/apron, wash hands, do not eat, smell or drink in lab.

500

Example of a mathematical model.

What is hurricane tracking model, Density = mass/volume, any formula.

500

Factor that you measure in the experiment.

What is dependent variable?

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