Skills for Scientist
What type of observation involves using your senses to gather information?
What is a qualitative observation?
Having doubt is called
what is skepticism
What is a statement that can be tested through experiments called?
What is a hypothesis?
Which skill is essential for scientists when they collect data?
What is calculating averages? (mean)
What is the difference between a line graph and a bar graph?
What is that a line graph shows trends over time while a bar graph compares categories?
What type of observation involves measuring or counting something?
What is a quantitative observation?
When a person allows personal opinions
What is subjective
the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations
What is data?
the significant figures in a measurement
What is fewest number of digits that have been measured exactly?
a line graph is used when a manipulated variable
what is continuous
use observations to make predictions.
What is make predictions based on many of the same observations ?
Comes from your own likes and dislikes
What is personal bias?
One variable changed to test a hypothesis
How close to a measurement is to the true or accepted value
What is accuracy?
a line graph help you see about your data
What is trends in your data?
What is the process of using observations to make a conclusion called?
What is inferring?
Opinions based on culture
What is Cultural bias?
A well tested explanation for a wide range of observatiolns
what is scientific theory
Why is percent error important
What is mistakes, or imprecise measurements?
part of a graph shows the independent variables?
What is X axis
To group observations that are alike
What is a classifying?
Is it important to report experimental results honestly
What is may show scientific discovery?
ways to communicate with other scientists
What is speaking at a meeting, exchange ideas on internet, publish is scientific journal
When you have multiple data points that are the same
What is mode?
What type of graph displays data changes over time?
What is a line graph?