Scientist Skills
Inquiry
Scientific Literacy
Branches of science
potpourri
100
Using one or more of your senses.
What is observing?
100
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question?
What is hypothesis?
100
Fixing a radio
What is how does it work?
100
Animals and plants
What is Life Science?
100
Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
What is data?
200
Making a forecast of what will happen in the future.
What is predicting?
200
The one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypthosis.
What is the manipulated variable?
200
Paper of plastic
What is the best use of resources?
200
astronauts, International Space Station
What is Earth and Space Science?
200
An attitude of doubt.
What is skepticism?
300
When you explain or interpret the things you observe you are...
What is inferring?
300
The statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or define a particular term.
What is operational definition?
300
Water rationing
What is being an informed citizen?
300
Energy, motion, and sound
What is Physical Science
300
A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results
What is scientific theory?
400
Red buttons, blue buttons, green buttons, yellow buttons.
What is classifying?
400
The factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable is called
What is controlled variable?
400
understanding weather
What is how does it work?
400
Oceanographers, geologists
What is Earth and Space Science?
400
Draw conclusions is an example of this
What is the scientific method?
500
World globe
What is making models
500
A factor that can change in an experiment.
What is variable?
500
Biofuels
What is bestuse of earth's resources?
500
Pharmacy
What is Physical Science?
500
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What is the number of variables that is changed in a controlled experiment?
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