Scientific Inquiry
The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the information that results from those investigations.
What is Science?
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A logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge and experience.
What is Inference?
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A spoken or written summary of observations.
What is Description?
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Factors in an experiment that do not change.
What is a constant?
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One or more ____ could have cause the bridge to fail.
What is factors?
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What branches are Physical science, Earth science, and Life science in?
What are Branches of Science?
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When scientist conduct _________, they often want to answer questions about the natural world.
What is Investigations?
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The SI system is based on multipliers of ___.
What is ten?
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A controlled experiment usually has.
What is at least two groups?
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What is Qualitative data?
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Some modern medical procedures such as the ______ was made possible because of Marie Curie.
What is X-ray?
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How many stages are in scientific inquiry.
What is 5 stages?
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Its easy to convert from one _______ to another.
What is SI Unit?
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On August 1, 2007, the center section of the _______ Bridge in Minneapolis, suddenly collapsed.
What is Interstate-35W?
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The load on the bridge increased by ______ which cause it to fall.
What is 20 percent?
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What is Earth?
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When scientists state a ______, they often use it to make predictions to help test their hypothesis
What is Hypothesis?
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In the 1960s a new system of measurements was adopted.
What is International system of Units (SI)
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Bridge supported only by its two ends.
What is a truss bridge?
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The analysis of the bridge was conducted using.
What is Computer Modeling Software?
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_________ was a scientist that won two Nobel prizes in the early 1900s for her work in radioactivity.
What is Marie Curie?
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_______ the results of a scientific ______ is an important part of science.
What is Sharing and Inquiry?
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When other units used in the SI system that are not based units are diverted into ________.
What are Based Units?
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When conducting an experiment you must identify factors that can affect the experiments outcome. Factors are also known as.
What is Variables?
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Investigators calculated the ______-__-_______ ratios for each of the main gusset plated.
What is demand-to-capacity?
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