History of Science
The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experimentation in order to formulate general laws
What is science?
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question
What is a hypothesis?
An aspect of an experiment that changes during the course of the experiment
What is an experimental variable?
The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics
What is archaeology?
The gaseous layer surrounding Earth or another heavenly body
What is the atmosphere?
An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name
What is papyrus?
An explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence
What is a scientific theory?
The variable of part of an experiment to which all other will be compared
What is the control?
Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers, etc.
What are artifacts?
Stars that are grouped together in noticeable patterns
What are constellations?
The idea that living organisms can be formed from nonliving substances
What is spontaneous generation?
The first step in the scientific method: ________ and _________
What is Observation and Question?
These are experiments in which information about the test is kept from the participants to reduce bias
What are blind experiments?
The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree
What is dendrochronology?
A force of attraction existing between any 2 masses
What is gravity?
Isaac Newton made a direct link between science and this subject, saying that a scientific law needed a supporting equation
What is mathematics?
Another term for gathering information about the scientific question when using the scientific method
What is background research?
In these experiments, neither the experimenters nor the participants know the objects’ identities in the setup
What are double blind experiments?
Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item
What is radiometric dating?
A natural or artificial body orbiting a planet or star
What is a satellite?
The goal of this science in the Dark Ages was to find a way to transform inexpensive metals into gold
What is alchemy?
What you need to do if you go through the scientific method and find that your hypothesis is incorrect
What is construct a new hypothesis?
This feature of a graph gives you information about the graph so you can better read it and identifies the different sets of data
What is a legend?
The principle that tells that when artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers hold the older artifacts
What is superposition?
The amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon
What is albedo?