Sec 1.1-1.2
Give 2 examples of concept maps
tables, charts, and diagrams (shows data in a visually organized matter)
A decision based on evidence is called what?
conclusion
Name 5 laboratory tools
answers vary
What color star is the sun?
yellow
Celestial bodies that orbit something are called what?
satellites
what are the four steps of the scientific method?
observe, hypothesis, experiment, and conclude
What is the amount from one line to the next line on a graph?
interval
What is the study of God's creation beyond the atmosphere?
Astronomy
What is a huge star system containing millions to billions of stars as well as gas and dust called?
galaxy
Who was the first person to walk on the earth?
Neil Armstrong
What are controlled variables?
The factor in an experiment that stays the same
What words describes an experiment with data that is inconsistent or incomplete?
inconclusive
Name the three parts of a star
core, photosphere, corona
The sun and all the planets and celestial bodies that orbit it?
the solar system
A zone of the celestial sphere occupied by a star picture is a what?
constellation
What is science put to practical use?
What is a specific description of how some part of nature always behaves?
Scientific law
What is a "light year" measuring?
(for example a pound measures weight and a second measures time)
distance
What lanes are gas giants or ice giants?
outer planets
What is the largest and most powerful telescope ever made?
James Webb Space Telescope
Who invented the scientific method?
Sir Francis Bacon
The concept map that shows similarities and differences between a number of things is called what?
Venn diagram
What is a set of beliefs that shape what someone believes to be true?
worldview
Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler were the first to realize our solar system is_________.
heliocentric
In what two months does equinox occur?
March and September