The scientific habit of mind that causes scientists to want to ask questions about observations.
What is curiousity.
100
A number obtained by adding the data for a characteristic and dividing this sum by the number of individuals.
What is the mean.
100
Three dimensional models you can touch.
What are physical models.
100
The first step in the decision-making model.
What is gathering information.
200
A logical statement about what will happen if a hypothesis is correct.
What is a prediction.
200
The scientific habit of mind that causes scientists to repeat experiments, conduct multiple tests, or initially doubt what other people tell them.
What is skepticism.
200
A relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population ; the overall shape of the bars in a bar graph.
What is a distribution.
200
These models are used to show things such as the position of the stars, the amount of forest cover in a given area, and the depth of water in a river or along a coast.
What are graphical models.
200
The value which deals with our understanding of the natural world.
What is a scientific value.
300
A procedure designed to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions.
What is an experiment.
300
The scientific habit of mind fostered by good scientists who are not overly set in their ways and who keep an open mind about how the world works.
What is openness to new ideas.
300
The chance that something will happen.
What is probability.
300
A verbal or graphical explanation of how a system works or is organized.
What are conceptual models.
300
The value which deals with what is beatiful or pleasing.
What is an aesthetic value.
400
The information that a scientist gathers during an experiment, which is often in numeric form.
What is data.
400
The scientific habit of mind fostered by good scientists who find evidence or obtain results contrary to their hypothesis or initial research findings.
What is honesty.
400
The probability of an unwanted outcome.
What is risk.
400
A standing model skeleton used in biology class.
What is a physical model.
400
The decision making model is which type of model: a physical model, a graphical model, or a conceptual model?
What is conceptual model.
500
Two essential components of a good experiment.
What is a control group and an experimental group.
500
The scientific habit of mind that enables scientists to conceive of new ideas or see patterns where others do not.
What is creativity/imagination.
500
A bell shaped curve indicates this type of distribution ; data are grouped symmetriically around the mean.
What is a normal distribution.
500
A picture of a food web.
What is a conceptual model.
500
Name all four steps of the decision-making model.
What is gather information, consider values, explore consequences, and make a decision.