Scientific Method
This is a series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems.
Scientific Method
What is the name given to a person that studies objects in space?
An astronomer
A model you can touch
Physical Model
Combination of geology and chemistry
Geochemistry
Why do scientists do a controlled experiment?
To test a hypothesis
When scientists want to learn about the natural world, how do they begin the process?
What is a person who studies organisms and their environments called?
An ecologist
A chart or a graph are examples of which type of model?
Mathematical model
What is the study of the Earth called?
Geology
Communicating the results of an investigation allows other scientists to
Review results
How do scientists test their hypothesis?
By gathering data during experiments
What is the study of weather patterns called?
Meteorology
This model is based on ideas.
Conceptual Model
What is the study of the seas called?
Oceanography
Scientists create a hypothesis after which step of the scientific method?
Ask a question
What is a possible explanation or answer to a question that can be tested.
What are rock chimneys that grow on the ocean floor called?
Black Smokers
These are used to help us understand the natural world.
Model
These grow upward in a cave.
Stalagmites
An explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations.
A theory
Give 2 reasons why an investigation might continue after its results are accepted?
1. New evidence
2. More questions
What is a person who studies earthquakes called?
A seismologist
Why might a scientist change a model?
More questions/new theories
A person who makes maps of the Earth's features by using aerial and satellite images.
A cartographer
To learn from a model, a scientist must...
Choose the right type of model