Do You Dare?
The investigation and exploration of natural events and the information that results from these investigations called _____.
What is science?
Usually, this is the first step in the scientific method.
What is asking a question?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Scientific theories can be rejected or modified if new information emerges in the future.
What is TRUE.
TRUE or FALSE
You should be skeptical about scientific issues you hear about in the media.
What is TRUE?
What is a written or spoken summary of observations?
What is a description?
This type of science studies living things.
What is life science or biology?
This is formed during the scientific method and is often called a "scientific guess".
What is a hypothesis?
What states that something WILL happen- a scientific theory or a scientific law?
What is a scientific LAW?
What is the variable in an experiment that the scientist wants to test and is manipulated by the experimenter?
What is the independent variable?
This was adopted in 1960 as the internationally accepted system of measurement for all scientists.
What is the International System of Units (SI)?
This type of science studies landforms, rocks, soil, and the forces that shape the Earth's surface as well as the oceans, the atmosphere, and astronomy.
What is earth science?
Hypotheses are mostly written in this form.
What is "if-then" form?
What explains WHY something will happen and has been verified through experimentation- a scientific theory or a scientific law?
What is a scientific THEORY?
What is the variable that is measured for change at end of the experiment?
What is the dependent variable?
If this is not supported, then a scientist will modify it and repeat the scientific method process.
What is your hypothesis?
This type of science studies matter and energy.
What is physical science?
Which step of scientific inquiry involves publishing findings from an experiment so that other scientists can replicated your work?
What is the "communicating results"?
What refers to how close measurements are to an accepted value?
What is accuracy?
Factors that remain the same in an experiment are called _____.
What are constants?
When we make an assumption based on an observation, this is called an ______.
What is an inference?
When a person asks questions or performs an experiment about what is observed, using a certain set of skills and methods, this is called what?
What is scientific inquiry (or the scientific method)?
Name one result of scientific inquiry.
What is (1) new technology or (2) new materials or (3) possible explanations of natural phenomenon.
What refers to how close measurements are to one another?
What is precision?
TRUE OR FALSE
It is possible to prove a scientific theory.
What is FALSE?
Scientific theories cannot be PROVEN but can be supported by experimental data; however, they can be disproven.
During scientific inquiry, we use sampling, repetition, blind studies, and lack of knowledge about the study to prevent _____.
What is bias?