Scientific Method
What is Science?
Lab Safety
Models in Science
Vocabulary
100
There are several steps in Scientific Method, what do you do after gathering data?
Analyze it
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 in an experiment that are kept the same.
What are control 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
Be sure you know how to use the __________ before using it.
What is equipment.
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
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: vary.
300
Lab accidents should be reported to ___________.
What is the teacher.
300
There are two types of models "physical " like _______, or "mental" like mathmatical ________.
. What is physical and equations
300
Variable that is changed in an experiment is the _________________.
What is independent variable.
400
You gather observation through your _________ about the natural world.
What is senses.
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 reasons to use models.
answers may vary, subject to big, too small, too dangerous, to slow to observe, too complicated.
400
Draw conclusions based on what you previous knowledge___________.
What is infer/inference.
500
Data can be organized into ________, __________, or _________.
What is charts, graphs, tables.
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 lab coat/apron, safety glasses/goggles, gloves.
500
Models save _________, money, and lives.
What is time, money, lives.
500
The best type of graph to represent time?
What is a line graph.
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