Vocabulary
What is...experiment
Jaime wants to find out how much force it takes to pull a toy car up a ramp. The tool he should use is______?
What is...spring scale
What is the missing step in this scientific method: form a hypothesis, develop a plan, test the hypothesis, analyze results, _____________?
What is...communicate results
This science tool requires a clear slide, something microscopic, and the turning of knobs to focus light through the image?
What is...a light microscope
Objects that are too small to see with your eyes alone are___________?
What is...microscopic
Collecting information by using the senses is considered what in science?
What is...observing or observation
Jane wants to measure the mass of a rock. The tool she should use is a(n)?
what is...a balance
A scientific investigation always begins with a____________?
What is...a question
This science tool picks up drops of liquid but is much more exact than a dropper.
What is...a pipette
A belief or judgement that is not supported by investigation is a(n)___________?
What is...an opinion
Any condition in an experiment that can be changed is?
What is...a variable
A field scientist might use this tool to observe an ant or the parts of an ant?
What is...a hand lens
What is...investigation
This may help scientists capture underwater events or make underwater observations?
What is...a camera
To put things into groups
What is...to classify
The setup in which you compare all of the others in an experiment is called the_______?
What is...the control
A scientist may use this tool to measure volume?
What is...a graduated cylinder
Scientists use repeated observation to study processes in nature that they can observe but can't_________?
What is...control
A _________________ measures mass more exactly than the pan balance.
What is...a triple-beam balance
To arrange things by when they happened or by their color, sizes, shape?
What is...to order
The information that scientists collect as they investigate the natural world is _______________?
A scientist may need this science tool to view something at up to one million times magnification.
What is...an electron microscope
Why would an investigation need to take place in the field?
What is...It would be too difficult to replicate it inside a lab with accuracy.
What are the metric units a thermometer uses?
What is...degrees Celsius
An idea or a conclusion based on an observation?
What is... an inference