Scientific Inquiry
facts and information scientists gather
What is data?
books, newspapers, magazines, and journals
What are printed sources?
information supported by observations
What are facts?
a carefully controlled test of a hypothesis
What is an experiment?
shows data in a grid with a vertical axis and a horizontal axis
What is a line graph?
information that you learn with your senses
What is observation?
to study something in detail in order to discover facts about it
What is research?
a thought, belief, or judgement not proven by observations
What is an opinion?
a possible answer to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis?
a chart used to organize data in rows and columns
What is a data table?
what we know about the world
What is scientific knowledge?
trustworthy sources
What are reliable sources?
a conclusion based on knowledge and evidence
What is an inference?
something that can change, or vary, in an experiment
What is a variable?
uses pictures to display information
What is a pictograph?
how scientists go about asking and answering questions
What is scientific inquiry?
connect you to a world of information on the Internet
What are computers?
This factor is the affect of emotions, thoughts, opinions, and moods
What is the human factor?
something that changes as a result of changes in the independent variable
What is a dependent variable?
you study something carefully in order to understand it
What is analyze?
a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences
Who is a scientist?
Another source you can use to do research - not paper sources, not computers or the internet...
What are interviews, recording data, or observations and experiments?
these are not evidence and we all have them
What are opinions?
something an investigator changes in certain parts of an experiment
What is an independent variable?
a statement that sums up the results of an investigation
What is a conclusion?