Understanding Science
The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations.
What is science?
The practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use.
What is technology?
A spoken or written summary of observations. Can be qualitative or quantitative.
What is a description?
This is something used to record observations, questions, collect data, and write notes in.
What is a science journal?
The Iceman was well preserved in this.
What is ice?
The number of the branches of science.
What is three (3)?
Waterproof, heat and fire-resistant, a 14-layer spacesuit used by astronauts, are all examples of these types of scientific outcomes.
What are new materials?
The interpretation of observations.
What is an explanation?
These objects are used to measure length and distance.
What are rulers and metersticks?
This is any factor that can have more than one value.
What is a variable?
The study of Earth, including rocks, soils, oceans, and the atmosphere is this kind of science.
What is Earth science?
This is a rule that describes a pattern in nature.
What is scientific law?
This is the internationally accepted system for measurement.
What is the International System of Units (SI)?
This is a tool is used to measure the mass of an object.
What is a triple-beam balance?
This is the factor you want to test.
What is an independent variable?
The study of living things is this type of science. It is also called biology.
What is life science?
This is an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
What is scientific theory?
When you add all the numbers up and divide by the total number of items, you find this.
What is the mean?
This is a tool used to identify minerals.
What is streak plate?
This is the factor you observe or measure during an experiment.
What is a dependent variable?
The study of matter and energy is this type of science.
What is physical science?
This is something that can result in changes to a scientific theory.
What is new information?
This is the difference between the largest number and the smallest number in a data set.
What is the range?
This is a tool used to measure the speed and force of wind.
What is anemometer?
The final conclusion about the Iceman was that he died during this season.
What is spring?