Scientific Method
Types of Science
Observation/Inference
Data Collection and Analysis
Miscellaneous
100
The first step of the scientific method.
What is question?
100
These are the four main types of science.
What are chemistry, earth science, physics, and biology?
100
A description made using the five senses.
What is an observation?
100
It is good to first collect data and put it in to this type of organizer.
What is a data table?
100
Observation or inference: Steven has three sisters and one brother.
What is observation?
200
The step of the scientific method that includes testing and data collection.
What is experiment?
200
This is the study of heredity (where do I come from?).
What is Genetics?
200
A statement that tries to explain an observation (ie,ie,o).
What is an inference?
200
This should always be on the top of any graph to explain what the graph is; it should be specific.
What is a title?
200
This is the study of matter and energy.
What is Physics?
300
The step of the scientific method where the data is shown to support or not support the initial hypothesis.
What is conclusion?
300
The study of the relationship between living things and their environment.
What is Ecology?
300
The rope was measured to be 16 feet long. (What kind of observation?)
What is quantitative observation?
300
A graph is another way of showing this information.
What is observations?
300
These are three things all scientists do in common. (100 pts each)
What are safety, making observations and inferences, doing experiments.
400
An educated guess of a phenomenon, which answers a question and can be tested experimentally.
What is hypothesis?
400
The study of the universe (including stars and planets) (200 pts), and which main category does this go under? (200 pts)
What is Astronomy? And what is Earth Science?
400
Susie must have passed her first science test! (Is this quantitative observation, qualitative observation, or inference?)
What is inference.
400
This is another name for the horizontal axis of a graph, and it is usually where the categories go.
What is x-axis?
400
Observation or inference: It must be night time.
What is inference?
500
In this step, observations are organized into a table and/or a graph.
What is data analysis?
500
This is the study of living things (200 pts), and it has these three categories under it. (100 pts each)
What is Biology? What are Botany, Zoology, and Genetics?
500
This type of observation does NOT include numbers or measurements.
What is qualitative observation?
500
This is another name for the vertical axis of a graph and it is usually where the numbers go.
What is y-axis?
500
This is knowledge, or a system of knowledge holding general truths as obtained and tested through the scientific method.
What is SCIENCE?
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