What is an example of thinking scientifically about a topic?
What is finding out how bicycles work?
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Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence is called
What is predicting?
100
Which brand of science includes the study of plants, animals, and the human body?
What is life science?
100
Using one or more of your senses to gather information is called
What is observing?
100
Most scientific questions being investigated today
A-involve only one field of science
B-span the different fields of science
C-involve a small number of scientists
D-do not require cooperation between scientists
What is span the different fields of science?
200
When scientists create a representation of a complex process, they are making
What is models?
200
Which of the following are NOT examples of data: quantitative observations, qualitative observations, theories, measurements?
What is theories?
200
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Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers are called
What is qualitative observations?
200
A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results is called
What is scientific theory?
300
In science, a hypothesis must be
What is testable?
300
An organized way to collect and record scientific observations is in a(n)
What is data table?
300
Which branch of science includes the study of magnetism?
What is Physical Science?
300
Observations that deal with a number or amount are called
What are quantitative observations?
300
Trying to explain a solar eclipse is an example of what method?
What is scientific inquiry/method?
400
During an experiment, if you purposely change the temperature to test a hypothesis, the temperature is called the
What is manipulated or independent variable?
400
One useful tool that may help a scientist interpret data by revealing unexpected patterns is a
What is graph?
400
Being able to identify good sources of scientific information and apply the knowledge to problems in your life is a part of having scientific
What is literacy?
400
A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results is called a scientific
What is theory?
400
Which of the following is a valid reason why a scientist might reject a scientific theory?
A-Some people disagree with it.
B-It covers too broad a topic
C-New evidence contradicts it.
D-It is too old.
What is new evidence contradicts it?
500
Name and briefly describe the 3 main branches of science?
What are Earth/space, physical, and life science?
ES-Earth and its place in the universe, physical: chemistry and physics, life: study of living things and how they interact with their environment.
500
The 6 steps of the scientific method are
What are: 1-pose a question, 2- Form a hypothesis, 3- Design ans experiment, 4- Collect and interpret data, 5-draw conclusions, 6-communicate results
500
Unlike a scientific theory, this describes an observed pattern in nature without attempting to explain it.
A-hypothesis
B-scientific law
c-observations
d-data
What is scientific law?
500
Compare and Contrast the skills of inferring and predicting.
What are: Inferring: explain things you observe, refers to past or present. Predicting: forecasts what will happen, refers to the future. Similarities: not wild guesses, based on evidence, not always correct.
500
Many nonscience careers require a knowledge of science because workers must
A-develop new scientific laws and theories
B-use materials and processes that follow scientific principles.
C-use the process of scientific inquiry,
What is use materials and processes that follow scientific principles?