Reasoning and Analysis
Scientfic Tools
Processes and Procedures in an investigation
Systems
Models and Patterns
100
something someone feels or believes
What is an opinion?
100
pieces of information
What is data?
100
pieces of information
What is data?
100
a group of parts that work together
What is a system?
100
anything that represents an object, an event, or an idea
What is a model?
200
facts about how the world works
What is a Scientific fact?
200
used to make things look larger
What is a hand lens?
200
a careful study used to answer a scientific question
What is an investigation?
200
the job the part does in the system
What is a role?
200
takes up space like the thing it represents
What is a three-dimentional (3-D) model?
300
to study something closely
What is analyze?
300
these two things are used to see things far away
What is binoculars and a telescope?
300
seven steps scientists use to conduct an experiment
What is the scientific method?
300
a system made up of nonliving, human-made parts
What is a human-made system?
300
has parts that repreat in a certain order
What is a pattern?
400
a guess based on observations
What is an inference?
400
the amount of material in something
What is mass?
400
the condition that is changed in an experiment
What is a variable?
400
all the living and nonliving things in an area
What is an ecosystem?
400
a model of a natural habitat that contains living and nonliving things
What is a terrarium?
500
records their descriptions of changes clearly and carefully
What is a scientist?
500
how much space something takes up
What is volume?
500
a scientist changes a condition and observes the effects of the change
What is an experiment?
500
a system where people use materials from farm plants and animals to make products such as foods and clothing
What is the Food and Fiber System?
500
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve problems
What is an engineer?
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