Scientific Method
The first step of the Scientific Method
State the Problem
Protective eyewear used to shield the eyes from chemical splashes, impacts, and other hazards
Safety Goggles
What type of natural resources are naturally replenished over short periods of time?
Renewable Resources
What is the way in which scientists gather and use information
Scientific Method
When an experiment is complete, the scientist often submits the results for...
Peer Review
The second step of the Scientific Method
Research
A flask with a wide base and narrow neck; used for swirling liquids by hand
Erlenmeyer Flask
What is an example we talked about in class of a renewable resource?
Sun/Water/Soil
What is a testable explanation for a question or problem
Hypothesis
What is at the same level or education or specialization?
Peers
The third step of the Scientific Method
Hypothesis
A thin, glass tube closed at one end, used to hold small amounts of material for lab testing or experiments
Test Tube
What is an example we talked about in class of a nonrenewable resource?
Fossil Fuels (Natural gas, coal, oil)
What three things are a part of a controlled experiment?
Control Group, Independent Variable, and Dependent Variable
What is the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles?
Ethics
The fourth step of the Scientific Method
Experiment
An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects
Microscope
What term describes the natural world, including all living and nonliving things?
Environment
What is one visual way data can be organized into?
Charts/Tables/Graphs
What question do you ask to find the Control Group?
What are you keeping the same?
The fifth step of the Scientific Method
Data Analysis
A narrow, cylindrical container used to precisely measure the volume of liquids
Graduated Cylinder
What question do you ask to find the Dependent Variable?
What are you measuring as a result?
What type of reasoning is a logical process that uses broad, general rules, theories, or premises to predict a specific, testable result?
Deductive Reasoning
What categories can Data be divided into?
Quantitative or Qualitative
The sixth step of the Scientific Method
Conclusion
Small shallow glassware used to grow samples, such as bacteria, which can be examined under a microscope
Petri Dish
What is the term used to describe when a shared resource is unregulated, and individuals begin to consume the resource at a selfish rate?
The Tragedy of the Commons
What type of experiment changes one variable at a time?
Contolled Experiment
What category of data deals with numbers and measurements?
Quantitative Data