A ___________________ is a person who asks questions about the natural world.
What is a SCIENTIST?
100
You can use facts to _____________, or draw a conclusion. (Hint: we use clues to help us come up with an answer).
What is INFER?
100
How do you know a hypothesis is a good hypothesis?
What is it can be TESTED with an experiment?
100
_____________________ is a plan for testing a hypothesis.
What is procedure?
100
A ___________ is an object used to do work.
What is TOOL?
200
Scientists use our five senses to ______________ the world.
What is OBSERVE?
200
When you hear a rumbling noise outside and begin to see dark gray clouds what is a prediction you might make about the weather?
What is it is going to rain or thunderstorm soon?
200
You want to conduct an experiment. What would be your first step?
What is ASK A QUESTION?
200
How is data recorded visually?
What is in a map, chart, picture, or graph.
200
Scientists use many tools and many units of measure. What tool would you use to measure the length of your desk? What would the unit of measure be?
What is a ruler or yardstick? The unit of measurement would be inches.
300
Sometimes scientists work alone, but sometimes scientists can learn more by working together.
True or False
When scientists work together they keep everything they learn a secret and never share it with their fellow scientists.
What is FALSE? Scientists communicate and share their results so other scientists can learn and even further investigations on the same topics.
300
What does it mean to estimate?
What is make a careful guess?
300
What is a survey?
What is a list of questions or choices?
300
What is the best way to record the procedure you follow for an experiment? Why?
What is write out the procedure clearly, so someone else can follow it?
300
Name two types of tools scientists use to enlarge objects.
What is a hand lens and microscope?
400
Why is the following NOT a scientific question?
What fruit tastes the best?
What is because it is a question regarding someone's opinion rather than investigation?
400
What senses do scientist use when they make observations?
What is sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell?
400
After conducting an experiment scientists collect the data and then ______________________.
What is communicate the results?
400
What are some ways scientists communicate?
What is talking, write an article, use computers and the internet?
400
You need to be careful when using tools or doing other scientific investigations. Some tools, such as _____________, help protect you.
What is GOGGLES?
500
What is a question about plants that a science investigation would not be able to answer?
What is ANY QUESTION INVOLVING OPINION?
500
List three things a good investigation needs.
What is observations, measurements, and data?
500
What is a model?
What is a copy of something?
500
Why would scientists want other scientists to repeat their observation?
What is so other scientists can learn and develop more on what has been observed. Also, sometimes other scientists could catch a mistake.
500
Name a tool scientist might use and what is it used for.
What is...
Graduated Cylinder- measure volume
Clocks/Stopwatches-measure time
Rulers/Metersticks/Yardsticks- measure length
Thermometer- measure temperature
Balance-measure weight