Branches of Science
Vocabulary
Measurement
Vocabulary 2
Scientific Inquiry
100
organisms
What is life science?
100
investigation and explanation of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations
What is science?
100
used to find the volume of a liquid
What is a graduated cylinder?
100
internationally accepted system of measurements
What is International System of Units (SI)?
100
in this step you graph results, classify information, make calculations
What is analyze data?
200
processes on and within earth
What is earth science?
200
possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations
What is hypothesis?
200
basic SI unit of length
What is meter?
200
spoken or written summary of observations
What is a description?
200
in this step you design an experiment
What is test hypothesis?
300
matter
What is physical science?
300
statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
What is prediction?
300
a balance finds this measurement
What is mass?
300
interpretation of an observation
What is an explanation?
300
in this step, you state a problem
What is ask questions
400
processes that occur in organisms
What is life science?
400
logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience
What is an inference?
400
1,000 or 10^3
What is kilo-?
400
an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
What is scientific theory?
400
in this step you describe the results and decide if your hypothesis was supported
What is draw conclusions?
500
energy
What is physical science?
500
comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it
What is critical thinking?
500
milli-
What is .001 or 1/1000
500
a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature
What is scientific law?
500
data is collected and recorded during this stage
What is test hypothesis?
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