Vocabulary
Scientific Inquiry
Scientific Reasoning
This and That
Experimenting
100
grouping things together that are alike in some way
What is classifing
100
A possible answer to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis?
100
logical way of thinking based on getting and evaluating evidence.
What is scientific reasoning?
100
Facts and figures on a graph
What is data?
200
maps, math equations, and graphs and all examples
What is models?
200
sharing ideas with others via the internet, journals, TV
What is communicating?
200
Drawing a conclusion based on too little data
What is faulty reasoning?
200
knowing right from wrong
What is having good ethics?
200
personal, cultural and experimental
What are the three types of bias?
300
making a statement about what will happen in the future
What is predicting?
300
experiment in which only one variable can change at a time
What is a controlled experiment?
300
starting with a general idea and applying it to a specific observation
What is deductive reasoning?
300
this is explaining things you have observed
What is inferring?
400
That type of reasoning uses a general idea to make a specific observation.
What is inductive reasoning?
400
this is a mistake in the design of an experiment that makes the results more likely.
What is experimental bias?
400
personal feeling enter into a decision or result
What is subjective reasoning?
400
descriptions that can not be expressed in numbers.
What are qualitative observations?
400
This is a way of learning about the natural world.
What is science?
500
This is a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time; a pattern.
What is a scientific law?
500
Jane Goodall observing chimps eating meats and plants
What is using observations to draw conclusions?
500
drawing conclusions based on available evidence and research.
What is objective reasoning?
500
This attitude means the desire to come up with inventive ways to solve problems.
What is creativity?
500
scientists balance being open-minded with this.
What is skepticism?
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