Scientific Inquiry
Variables
Technological Design
Lab
Who knows?
100
Observing
What is using one or more of your senses to gather information?
100
A factor that can change in an experiment.
What is a variable?
100
How people change the world around them to meet their needs or to solve practical problems.
What is technology?
100
Observations describing sight, smell, sound, etc.
What are qualitative observations?
100
Scientific theory
What is a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations?
200
Inferring
What is explaining or interpreting the things you observe?
200
A variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis.
What is the manipulated variable?
200
Constraint
What is a factor that limits or restricts a design?
200
Observations using numbers
What are quantitative observations?
200
The process where group members freely suggest creative solutions.
What is brainstorming?
300
Hypothesis
What is a possible answer to a scientific question or explanation for a set of observations?
300
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated.
What is a controlled experiment?
300
The purpose of a technological system.
What is a goal?
300
Tell the teacher
What should you do if their is an accident in the lab?
300
The two areas physical science is divided into.
What are chemistry and physics?
400
The different ways that scientists study the natural world.
What is scientific inquiry?
400
A person trained in both science and technology.
Who is an engineer?
400
Output
What is the result of a technological system?
400
In order to provide useful information to the science community.
What is the importance of honesty in the lab?
400
Information a system uses to monitor the input, processes, and output so that the system can adjust itself
What is feedback?
500
Posing questions, developing hypothesis, designing an experiment, collecting and interpreting data, drawing conclusions, and communicating.
What are the steps of scientific inquiry?
500
It would be impossible to determine which variable caused the results.
Why using two manipulated variables be unwise?
500
The process of analyzing a design problem and finding a way to fix it.
What is troubleshooting?
500
Follow the teacher's directions and be prepared.
What is the most important safety rule?
500
A working model used to test a design.
What is a prototype?
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