Section 1: What is Science?
This is the study of the natural world.
What is science?
This refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather
What is scientific inquiry?
This describes anything people have invented to suit their needs.
What is technology?
This helps you stay safe when doing science activities in the laboratory.
What is good preparation?
Mr. O'Connell often says this phrase when time is running short on the day's lesson.
What is "Time is not our friend?"
Dr. Jane Goodall spent her life studying this fascinating and intelligent animal.
What is the chimpanzee?
Writing this well will state the manipulated/independent variable and the responding/dependent variable for your controlled experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
While not the same, these two fields of study are related to one another.
What are science and technology?
This can help make your lab experience safe and successful.
What is keeping your work area clean and organized?
Fill in the blank: "Scientists, ____________!" (When we head to and from class)
What is "Roll out?"
_________ use skills such as observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models to learn about the natural world.
What are scientists?
These are the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
What are data?
Fill in the blanks: "Technology can be a _______ with which to build or a __________ with which to destroy."
What is a tool and what is a weapon?
This is the procedure when you or a classmate suffers a burn in the science lab.
What is immersion in cold water?
Mr. O'Connell attended college in this state.
What is New York?
This is an alternative name for life scientist.
What is biologist?
Scientists stick with problems despite setbacks, a trait known as this.
What is perseverance?
This is the purpose of technology.
What is to improve the way people live?
Covering with a clean dressing and applying direct pressure can help treat this type of injury.
What are burns?
If you wear glasses or have braces on your teeth, you are by definition an example of this popular being from science fiction.
What is a cyborg (cybernetic organism)?
_____________ observations deal with a number, or amount, while ________________ observations deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.
What are quantitative and qualitative?
Scientists need to be ____________________. Conversely, scientists also need to be ______________ as well. The balance between the two is the key to being a great scientist.
What are open-minded and skeptical?
If handled incorrectly, these have the capability to negatively impact the land, plant life, and animal life in the surrounding area.
What are nuclear reactors?
Knowing these two procedures beforehand will prepare you to handle accidents properly.
What are safety and first-aid?
A well-written hypothesis gives these two important factors of your experiment.
What are the manipulated variable and the responding variable?