The four values used to analyze data are range, median, mode, and?
What is mean?
100
What is the official name of the measurement system scientists use?
What is the International System of Units (SI)?
100
How many steps are in the scientific method?
What is 9?
100
This is the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs.
What is observation?
100
This term is described as the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations.
What is science?
200
This is the number that appears most often
What is mode?
200
True or false: the ampere is an SI unit
What is true
200
The forth step in the scientific method is?
What is prediction?
200
This is the practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use.
What is technology?
200
What are the branches of science?
What is Earth, life, physical?
300
To find this number you find the sum of all of the numbers in the set and then divide by the total number of items.
What is the mean?
300
What multiple of ten is represented by hecto (ex. 10, 100, 1000....)
What is 100?
300
This term is defined as "a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience."
What is an inference?
300
This is comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it.
What is critical thinking?
300
What are the base units in the SI system of units?
What are meters, liters, and grams?
400
In order to find the median correctly you need to do this first.
What is order the numbers in the set from least to greatest.
400
Micro is a prefix that represents what fraction of ten (ex. 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000....)?
What is one over a million or 1/1,000,000?
400
The difference between a hypothesis and an inference is?
What is the hypothesis is an explanation that can be tested and an inference is an explanation based on prior knowledge?
400
This is an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
What is scientific theory?
400
Graphing results, classifying information, making calculations, and other processes are examples of?
What is analyze results?
500
What are the mean and median of the following data set
12, 17, 11, 20, 5?
What are 13 and 12?
500
How many decimeters are in 3.72 kilometers?
What is 37200 decimeters?
500
What are the steps of the scientific method in order?
What is observation, inference, hypothesis, prediction, test hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results, and further investigation.
500
A scientific law is?
What is a rule that describes a pattern in nature?
500
Give an example of a real world problem and a scientific investigation that can be used to solve it.