Vocabulary
Scientific Method
Kinds of Scientists
Scientific Tools
Kinds of Data Displays
100
A personal belief or judgement that does not need to be backed up with evidence.
What is an opinion?
100
A statement that can be tested what might happen in an investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
100
A scientists who studies the solar system or universe.
What is an astronomer?
100
A scientific tool magnifies things ormakes them look bigger.
What is a microscope?
100
A type of graph or chart that compares parts of a whole, like fractions of percents.
What is a circle graph or pie chart?
200
The study of the natural world through observation and investigation.
What is science?
200
The condition in an experiment that can be changed.
What is a variable?
200
A scientist who studies fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
200
A scientific tool that takes pictures to record events.
What is a camera?
200
A type of graph taht shows change over time.
What is a line graph?
300
A procdure carried out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
300
The part of the experiment when you analyze data and form a report about the information you gathered.
What is drawing conclusions?
300
A scientist who studies plants.
What is a botanist?
300
A scientific tool that you can hold near your eye to see things better.
What is a hand lens?
300
A type of graph that can be vertical or horizontal nad it compares things.
What is bar graph?
400
Any condition that va be changed in an experiment.
What is a variable?
400
The setup you use to compare.
What is the control?
400
A scientist who studies the weather.
What is meteorologist?
400
A type of microscope tha uses technology and scans objects to magnify it up to 1 million times, which can be viewed on computer screen.
What is an electron microscope?
400
A way of showing data that does not have any numbers like certain features in pictures.
What is a diagram?
500
Different ways that scientists perform investigations and collect reliable data.
What is a scientific method?
500
What scientists do to make sure their results are valid (or true) and not just an "accident".
What is repeat or retest the experiement?
500
A scientist that identifies types of living things and classifies them by how they are related.
What is a taxonomist?
500
A scientific tool that is VERY EXACT and it is used to add or remove very small amount of liquids.
What is a pipette?
500
A visual way of showing data without words.
What is a data display?
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