What is science?
What is one difference between fieldwork and lab work?
Which habit says that scientists should ask questions and not accept everything immediately.
Skepticism
What is the name of the tool used to find the weight of an object?
Spring scale
What is the variable that you control during an experiment?
Independent variable
You are studying how the number of hours of sleep a student gets before a test impacts their test grade.
Number of hours of sleep
What is the most reliable place to look for scientific information?
A scientific journal
Which habit says that scientists should reason through information and make conclusion that are supported by evidence.
Thinking logically
What is the name of the tool used to pour liquids into a small container, or filter large objects?
Funnel
What is a hypothesis?
A testable, educated guess.
In the following experiment, what is the dependent variable:
You are studying how the number of hours of sleep a student gets before a test impacts their test grade.
The students' test grade
What provides a description for how a process in nature occurs and is based on observations and data?
Scientific explanation
Which habit says that scientists use their senses and scientific tools to learn more about their subject of study.
Careful observation
What is the name of the tool that is used to measure the volume of liquids?
Graduated cylinder
Why should someone complete an experiment more than once?
Ex: It allows you to collect more data, you can compare your data to that of others, etc..
Write a hypothesis for the following investigation:
You are studying how the number of hours of sleep a student gets before a test impacts their test grade.
What makes up empirical evidence?
Observations, measurements, and data
Which habit says that scientists need to set aside their personal feelings, moods, and beliefs while they evaluate something.
Objectivity
What is the name of the tool that is used to grow cells or bacteria, like germs?
Petri dish
Why should you only change one independent variable per experiment?
If you change more than one variable, you will not know which variable caused the change.
What are some variables you would want to keep constant, or control during this experiment?
You are studying how the number of hours of sleep a student gets before a test impacts their test grade.
The food a student is eating, how much water they drink, what they do before going to bed, etc..
Which of the following is not a characteristic of pseudoscience?
A. Personal opinions are used as evidence
B. Not based on logic or logic is exaggerated
C. Results can be reproduced by others
D. Explanations do not change with new evidence
C. Results can be reproduced by others
Which habit says that scientists need to be original and think outside the box to look at things in a new way.
Creativity
What is the name of the tool that is used to measure mass?
Triple beam balance
What are the steps of the scientific method?
1. Make observations and ask a question
2. Write a hypothesis
3. Test the hypothesis through an experiment
4. Collect data
5. Analyze the data
6. Draw a conclusion
What is the difference between repetition and replication?
Repetition is when you repeat an experiment, replication is when someone else repeats an experiment