Vocabulary
Steps in the Scientific Method
Hodgepodge
Science, Technology, and Engineering
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100
a systematic process that helps peoples inquire about the world around them
What is science?
100
Before you form a hypothesis, you must
What is recognizing a problem or forming a question?
100
represents things that happen to quickly or too slowly or are too small or too big to observe directly
What is a model?
100
an artifact or an object can be
What is technology?
100
Different problems require _________ methods to solve them.
What is different?
200
the application of science to make products or tools that people can use
What is technology?
200
you must do this in order to see if your hypothesis is right
What is testing your hypothesis?
200
variables that stay the same
What are constants?
200
someone who takes scientific info and or a new idea and devises a way to use the info to solve a problem or mass produce a product
What is an engineer?
200
Engineers devise to to use scientific info to __________ problems.
What is solve?
300
answers questions through observation when experiments would be too expensive or impossible
What is descriptive research?
300
after you test your hypothesis or while you are testing it your must
What is analyze your data?
300
the system of measurement used in science
What is the metric system or SI (International System of Measurement)
300
a limiting factor in a design
What is a constraint?
300
In a well planned experiment, there is a control and only __________ is changed at a time.
What is a variable?
400
is used to answer scientific questions by testing a hypothesis through the use of a series of carefully controlled steps
What is experimental research
400
After you analyze the data, you must do this based on the results and your information
What is forming a conclusion?
400
a sample that is treated like the experimental groups only the independent variable is not applied
What is a control?
400
a scaled down version of the real production equipment that models the actual manufacturing conditions
What is pilot plant?
400
A __________ is an idea that can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
500
to want or expect certain results. to want results to be in your favor
What is bias?
500
experiments start with a
What is a hypothesis?
500
technology that is applied to living organisms
What is biotechnology?
500
_______________ is a process that can be used to solve problems or answer questions.
What is science?
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