Physical Science
Using one or more senses to gather information
What is Observing?
a possible answer to a scientific question, for a given set of observations.
What is a hypothesis?
What you wear to protect your eyes during an experiment.
What are goggles?
someone who is trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
What is an engineer?
Physical science is divided into these 2 main areas.
What are chemistry and physics?
Observations that do not involve numbers or measurements.
What are qualitative observations?
Different ways scientists study the natural world.
What is scientific inquiry?
What you wear to protect yourself and your clothes from chemicals.
What is an apron?
any factor that limits or restricts a design.
What is a constraint?
A working model used to test a design.
What is a prototype?
when you explain your observations
What is inferring?
The FACTS.
What is data?
What are the 3 things you should do when preparing for a lab?
What is read the procedure beforehand, review safety guidelines, ad ask your teacher about anything that is unclear?
The process of analyzing a design problem and finding a way to fix it.
What is troubleshooting?
Factors that can change during an experiment.
What are variables?
making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is predicting?
Factors that can change in an experiment.
What are variables?
No matter how minor an accident you must do this immediately.
What is inform the teacher?
This is made of parts that work together.
What is a system?
An investigation in which all variables except one remain the same.
What is a controlled experiment?
observing that the sidewalk is 6 feet wide.
What is quantitative observation?
Sharing ideas and conclusions with others through writing and speaking
What is communicating?
After notifying the teacher, a burn injury should be treated this way.
What is immerse in cold water?
An exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to obtain another.
What is a trade-off?
A way of learning about the natural world by gathering information.
What is science?