VOCABLARY
THE METHOD
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU'RE THE SCIENTIST
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making sense of something by seeing, feeling, hearing, tasting, and smelling.
What is OBSERVATION
100
First Step
What is ASK A QUESTION
100
Everything is made up of this.
What is MATTER
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Scientists may do a controlled experiment to do this...
What is TEST A HYPOTHESIS
100
An educated guess or solution to a problem.
What is HYPOTHESIS
200
an observation that does not involve measurements or numbers.
What is QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION
200
SECOND STEP
What is FORM A HYPOTHESIS (Eduvated Guess)
200
Matter is made up of these...
What is ATOMS, MOLECULES, PARTICLES
200
The step is the beginning of the process that scientists use to learn more about the natural world.
What is ASK A QUESTION
200
A logical way of solving problems.
What is SCIENTIFIC METHOD
300
an observation that involves measurements or numbers.
What is QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION
300
FOURTH AND FIFTH STEP
What is EXPERIMENT AND COLLECT DATA
300
Name three of the four phases of matter.
What is SOLID, LIQUID, GAS, PLASMA
300
This is anything called that effects the results of an experiment.
What is a VARIABLE.
300
tells whether or not the data collected supports the hypothesis.
What is CONCLUSION
400
Parts of an experiment that are manipulated by the scientist.
What is INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
400
YOU DO THIS TO THE DATA
What is ANALYZE
400
This is required to change states of matter from Solid, melting to a Liquid, and evaporating to a Gas...
What is HEAT ENERGY!
400
A scientist may form a(n) _______________ to answer a question even before observations or experiments are made.
What is a HYPOTHESIS
400
A thinking skill. To examine, take apart, classify, predict what happened and can I use the information.
What is ANALYSIS
500
The parts of an experiment which are not allowed to change and are used for comparison.
What is CONTROL(s)
500
There is ____ __________ ________ to the scientific method.
What is NO CORRECT ORDER
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Melting, Freezing, Evaporating, Condensing, are xamples of...
What is PHASE CHANGES
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DAILY DOUBLE! SpongeBob loves to garden and wants to grow lots of pink flowers for his pal Sandy. He bought a special Flower Power fertilizer to see if it would help plants produce more flowers. He plants two plants of the same size in separate containers with the same amount of potting soil. He places one plant in a sunny window and waters it everyday with fertilized water. He places the other plant on a shelf in a closet and waters it with plain water every other day. What did SpongeBob do wrong in this experiment? Explain
He plants two plants of the same size in separate containers with the same amount of potting soil. He places one plant in a sunny window and waters it everyday with fertilized water. He places the other plant on a shelf in a closet and waters it with plain water every other day.
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The observable changes that result from the experiment.
What is DEPENDENT VARIABLE
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