7 skills of science
Packet #2--Poster topics
Packet #3 Experiments
potpourri
potpourri
100
What word means using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing
100
Wanting to learn more about a topic
What is curiosity
100
An inference is the same as what? Step three of a scientific investigation
What is hypothesis
100
the facts and figures collected during a scientific investigation are called......
What is data
100
What skill means telling what will happen next?
What is predicting
200
What skill of science is a hypothesis or an educated guess?
What is inference, inferring
200
What type of bias is the following? In the south they drink more sweet tea than we do here in Ohio.
What is cultural bias
200
How many variables can change in a controlled experiment? called what?
What is One--independent variable
200
What skill means grouping together things that are ALIKE?
What is classifying
200
"It rains all the time in Alexandria because I was there twice and it was raining both times" That is an example of what?
What is faulty reasoning
300
What skill involves making a chart or graph to explain your data?
What is making models
300
What is this an example for? "Breaking news......Route 62 has been re-paved with milk chocolate!"
What is skepticism or open-mindedness
300
If you change more than one variable in an experiment.....what have you done? You have done a type of bias....
What is experimental bias
300
What is this an example for: "Breaking news.....due to the re-paving of Route 62--there is a 20 minute traffic jam in Johnstown---take Northridge Road to school"
What is open-mindedness or skepticism
300
I am going to grow 2 types of tulips to see which type grows best. I am going to put them in the same spot, give them the same sunlight, same amount of water and just give one fertilizer and one saltwater. Is this a controlled experiment?
No....2 variables changed....the type of tulip and fertilizer/saltwater
400
Is this qualitative or quantitative? The block has a mass of 2 grams
What is quantitative
400
Objective or Subjective? I am going to wear my green shirt with my favorite jeans today. The teacher gave out 5 slips for students with missing materials.
What is subjective, objective
400
Is this true or false? I have conducted an experiment once and I am now ready to share my results with all of the scientific world? Why or why not?
No---you must repeat the experiment many times and get the same results
400
Observation includes all of the following except: smell, taste, writing data, hearing
What is writing data
400
What do "SOC" and "OOC" stand for (the letters)? Which is which for our vocabulary?
What is S-science rule O-observation C- conclusion (deductive) O-observation O-observation C-conclusion (inductive)
500
What is the fancy name for an experiment?
What is scientific investigation
500
The 1912 British Scientists didn't show a sense of what 2 important science words?
What is honesty, ethics
500
a _______________________ states a pattern WITHOUT giving an explanation why
What is scientific law
500
What science skill is the conclusion or summary in an experiment?
What is Evaluating
500
Coming up with a NEW cure for a disease is an example of what word?
What is creativity
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