Nature of Science
Experimental Design
Measurement
Models and Systems
Everything Else!
100
This is a type of scientist and what they study.
What is a biologist? (Living organisms and the human body)
What is a geologist? (Rocks, minerals, and the earth)
What is an astronomer? (Planets, stars, and galaxies)
100
"You want to know which fertilizer makes plants grow the tallest. You design an experiment where you plant one plant with fertilizer A, a second with fertilizer B, and a third with no fertilizer at all. You will measure the height of each plant after two weeks."
The height of the plant is this type of variable.
What is the dependent variable?
100
The accepted value for the weight of an NHL hockey puck is 6.0 ounces. Three pucks are weighed:
Puck 1: 4.4 oz
Puck 2: 4.7 oz
Puck 3: 4.2 oz
This is whether the maker of the pucks was accurate or precise.
What is precise, but not accurate?
100
This is why scientists use models.
What is to study systems that are very large, small, or complicated?
100
The meaning of this safety symbol.
What is flammable?
200
An example of this type of reasoning is:
"You come home and observe the clock on your microwave flashing and that a light you had accidentally left on is now off. you reason that there must have been a power outage."
What is an inference?
200
The following is an example of this.
"You want to know which fertilizer makes plants grow the tallest. You design an experiment where you plant a bean plant with fertilizer A, a sunflower with fertilizer B, and a tomato plant with no fertilizer at all. You will measure the height of each plant after two weeks."
What is experimental bias?
200
This is why scientists us SI units.
What is so they can communicate without confusion?
200
Material or energy entering into a system.
What is input?
200
This is the first thing you should do if there is an accident.
What is tell the teacher or adult?
300
This is a body of knowledge and a process of discovery that allows humans to understand the natural world
What is science?
300
You see a commercial for a new cold medicine that claims 90% of people's symptoms go away when they take the medicine. In very small print, it says the research was paid for by the company that makes the cold medicine.
This is a reason you might be skeptical of how well the cold medicine actually works.
What is the company that paid for the research has something to gain from it?
300
This is the number of baskets the student would make from 4 meters away
What is 2?
300
Material or energy produced by a system.
What is output?
300
A new device, method, or process that is developed through study and experimentation.
What is an invention?
400
This is one thing a scientific theory and a scientific law do not have in common.
What is an explanation for what you observe?
400
A team of doctors read an article about a new treatment for a disease. They really think it can help their patients, but want to try to find more evidence to support the effectiveness of the treatment. The doctors are being open-minded, but, at the same time, they are also being this.
What is skeptical?
400
This is the volume of liquid in the graduated cylinder.
What is 180 mL?
400
This is an example of a system.
What is a bicycle, refrigerator, computer, etc.?
400
This is a step in SQ3R that can help you find the main ideas to focus your attention before you read.
What is survey?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
Describe an example of how understanding scientific principles can help you solve a problem in your everyday life.
500
"You want to know which type of Xbox controller performs better: one with rubber grips or one with plastic grips. You design an experiment where you have ten people play a game with the rubber gripped controller and ten people play the same game with the plastic gripped controller. You will average the game scores of both groups."
The type of controller is this type of variable.
What is the independent variable?
500
If you take a brick from Earth to the International Space Station (where there is less gravity), this is what will happen to its mass and weight.
What is it will weigh less, but its mass will stay the same?
500
This is an example of an output from a system.
What is exhaust from a car, the clown from a jack-in-the-box, cold air from an air conditioner, etc.?
500
The meaning of this safety symbol.
What is biohazard?