Scientific Method
A type of explanation that helps us understand how the world works by using investigations.
What is a scientific explanation?
When matter is heated, particles do this.
What is move faster?
The force that happens when you pull on a rope.
What is tension?
The group of planets, moons, asteroids, and the Sun is called this.
What is the solar system?
This geographic factor means how close or far you are from the equator.
What is latitude?
A guess scientists make before they do an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
When particles move faster, the forces pulling them together do this.
What is get weaker?
This force tries to stop objects from sliding or moving.
What is friction?
A machine that travels through space to explore planets without people inside.
What is a probe?
Being close to this natural feature can make temperatures milder.
What is a large body of water (like an ocean or lake)?
Scientists change how they explain things depending on who they are talking to.
What is the audience?
When matter cools down, particles move slower and get ______________ together.
What is closer?
Elasticity allows only ________________ changes to an object's shape.
What are temporary changes?
What causes some celestial bodies to appear bright even though they do not emit their own light?
What is reflection of light?
Rising sea levels affect these traditional practices for coastal Indigenous communities.
What are hunting, fishing, and harvesting practices?
The information scientists collect to see if their guess is right or wrong.
What is evidence?
Water becomes less dense when it changes from this state to solid.
What is liquid?
An object experiences this force when another object pushes or pulls it.
What is an action force?
Which part of the solar system lies between Mars and Jupiter and contains many rocky objects?
What is the asteroid belt?
What technology can track storms and help predict extreme weather?
What are radars or weather satellites?
Scientists talk to each other and do experiments to make sure their ideas are correct.
What is the scientific community?
During a phase change, the volume might change, but this stays the same.
What is mass?
External forces cause these forces inside an object.
What are internal forces?
What Alberta-made satellite was launched from the International Space Station in 2017?
What is Ex-Alta 1?
What is one clue from the past (besides stories) that shows climate change over thousands of years?
What is ice core samples or surface layers from different time periods?