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A prediction of the correct answer to a questions
What is a hypothesis?
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If you are making a 2-Dimensional model of your house, which of the following would you not be able to include? a) couch b) tables c)distance from the kitchen to your bedroom d) height of your ceilings
What is D) the height of your ceilings.
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If you are holding a model of a heart that has removable pieces, what kind of model is it?
What is 3-dimensional
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Before you conduct an experience you say to the class "I think that the water will freeze faster if we put salt in it", you are using what science skill?
What is a hypothesis?
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True or false: Discoveries in science are always made by scientists. Explain why you picked true or false. If you picked false, please rewrite a true statement.
It is false. Anyone can think like a scientist. I would change the sentence to say that anyone can make a scientific discovery.
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If you make a model of a volcano in a 2 liter soda bottle and use vinegar and baking soda to make it erupt, how is the model like a real volcano? A) It looks like a volcano B)It erupts like some volcanoes C) It shoots lava D)It is very hot
B) It erupts like a volcano
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What is an advantage of using 3-D instead of 2-D models?
It can show the height of objects
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If you collect data on the temperature outside and you would like to see how much it changes during the course of 1 day, what is one way to show the data?
What is a graph?
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Scientists make predictions about the natural world and how it works. Scientists often carry out experiments that are based on predictions. Tell what an experiment is and why it is important?
An experiment is a repeatable set of steps designed to solve a problem or answer a question. Scientists conduct experiments and gather evidence to check whether hypotheses are supported. Experiments help explain the natural world.
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You are asked to measure the height of a classmate. What measuring tool would you use and what could be a possible result?
I would use a meter stick and record the measurement in meters and centimeters. A result could be 1 m and 30 cm.
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If you keep track of how much you grow and how much your brother grows, what is the best way to share the data with your classmates?
What is a graph?
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What is a scientific tool you could use to observe plants as you walk through a garden?
What is a hand lens?
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What is a variable?
Something that can change during an experiment
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Give an example of a standard measure and a non-standard measure?
Standard: ruler, yard stick ETC... NonStandard: Paperclips, jelly beans, finger length
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Close your eyes and picture a fish. What is an observation you can make about that fish?
Accept anything that can describe a fish.
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If you observe your classmates and make a list of students that write with their left hand and a list of students that write with their right hand, what are your doing to the data?
What is organizing it?
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What is evidence?
Data that support or reject a hypothesis
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If you notice that a plant is drooping, what science skill are you using?
What is an observation?
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You want to add more blueberries to a muffin recipe because you think it will taste better. What part of the inquiry process is this?
Variable
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You are going to observe a plant and how it reacts to different amounts of water. Describe two properties of the plant that you can measure as data for your investigation. What tool could you use?
You can use a ruler to measure the height and you can count the number of tomatoes that the plant produces.
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You notice that the plants in your garden are dying. You also notice that there is a weird substance growing off the stem of your plants. You are curious as to what that substance is. What part of the scientific method are you completing?
What is observing and questioning?
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Which is 3-dimensional? a) drawings of things b)pictures c)Computer models d) a plastic skeleton model
What is D) A plastic skeleton model
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If your class is doing a science experiment, how can your teacher make sure that each group will get a similar outcome?
Give each group the same materials and tools
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Your class wants to investigate how erosion effects mountains. So, you decide to build a mound of sand and observe what happens when you pour cups of water on to it. Explain how this model helps investigate the natural world and why you did it.
The mountain is modeled by the pile of sand and the river is modeled by the cup of water you pour over it. Since we cant take a trip to a real mountain to observe what happens, the class used a model to investigate how erosion effects mountains.
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What is the correct order from fastest to slowest? Ang: 85.32 Jose: 80.09 Tyler: 78.89 Matthew: 80.15
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