Vocab
the use of knowledge to solve practice problems
What is technology
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing
When you explain or interpret the things you observe
What is inferring
One of the T of CONPTT
What is tentativeness, testability
Scientific hypotheses can become theories, and id given enough evidence, they can become laws. True or False
What is false
Using your senses to gather data is called what?
What is an observation?
Observations that deal with a number amount
What is quantitative observation
One of five skills that scientists use to learn more about the world
What is inferring
The O of CONPTT
What is observability
an explanation for many hypotheses and observations is called a
What is scientific theory
Always begins with curiosity and ends with discovery
Observations that deal with descriptions that can not be expressed in numbers
What is qualitative observations
Your Friend smiles after getting back an exam
What is inferring that she got a good grade
The N of CONPTT
What is Natural
The first step of the scientific method
What is ask a question
Phrenology is an example of this...
What is psuedoscience
Noticing that a bike is blue is a ______ observations
What is qualitative
Inferences are not always _____.
what is correct?
The P of CONPTT
What is predictability
Science is an easier subject because it is hands on
What is opinion
The study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two
What is an inference
Seeing that you have eight new emails is a ____ observations
What is quantitative
Inferences are closely related to what other scientific skill.
What is predictions?
The C of CONPTT
What is consistency
A conclusion based on observations
What is inference