Vocabulary
Presenting Scientific Data
Metrics & Measurement
Scientific Method
Branches of Science
100
begins with curiosity and often ends with discovery
What is science?
100
a graph that shows how the part or share of something relates to the whole
What is circle graph (or pie chart)?
100
the standard metric unit of length
What is a meter?
100
proposed answer to a question
What is a hypothesis?
100
Physics and Chemistry are a part of this
What is Physical Science
200
the study of living things
What is biology?
200
a graph that is useful for comparing several measurements
What is a bar graph
200
the standard metric unit of mass
What is the kilogram?
200
an experiment in which only one variable is deliberately changes at a time
What is a controlled experiment
200
the study of the universe beyond Earth
What is astronomy?
300
information obtained through your senses
What is an observation?
300
the variable that is most often represented on the x-axis
What is the independent (manipulted) variable?
300
country in which the SI system was originally developed
What is France?
300
statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature
What is scientific law?
300
the study of the Earth's weather
What is meterology?
400
the ratio of an object's mass to its volume
What is density?
400
process in which scientists examine other scientists' work
What is a peer review?
400
standard SI unit of temperature
What is Kelvin?
400
these are never proved
What is scientific theory?
400
the study of the origin, history and structure of the Earth
What is geology?
500
a relationship in which the product of two variables is a constant
What is an inverse proportion?
500
the ratio of a vertical change to the corresponding horizontal change
What is slope?
500
the closeness of a measurement to the actual value?
What is accuracy?
500
the variable that changes
What is the manipulated (dependent) variable?
500
the study of matter and energy
What is physcis?
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