Scientific Process
This is a possible explanation for a problem using what you know and what you observe.
What is a hypothesis?
What are the two main branches of physical science?
What is chemistry and physics?
This is a visual display of information or data.
What is a graph?
Daily Double
This is the application of scientific knowledge to benefit people.
What is technology?
Name the three types of scientific models.
What is the conceptual, physical and virtual?
This variable is the one that is intentionally changed in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
Laboratory safety is not an important concern for scientists.
What is F?
This type of graph is good for showing a relationship between variables.
What is a line graph?
The location of the Air France Flight 447 crash debris was discovered nearly two years after the crash by __?__.
What is a AUV?
In the laboratory, volumes of liquid are usually measured with a(n)
What is graduated cylinder?
What are the steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems?
What is scientific process?
The model that is an explanation existing as a mathematical relation
What is a conceptual model?
Daily Double
The ___________ variable goes on the x-axis and the ___________ variable goes on the y-axis.
What are: independent and dependent?
The cause of the Air France Flight 447 crash was mainly due to __?__.
What is pilot error?
Developing different kinds of useful technologies is just one aspect of obeying the Creation Mandate.
What is T?
It is important to keep all factors __________ except the independent variable.
What is constant?
When observing and recording the results of an experiment, observations may include both measurements and descriptions.
What Is T?
These type of graphs are useful for comparing or displaying data that do not change continuously.
What are bar graphs?
One useful visual "tool" that may help a scientist analyze data by revealing unexpected patterns is a
What is a graph?
At the end of an experiment, what must you infer?
What is a conclusion?
Daily Double
Describe difference in scientific theories and laws
or
Theories ________ and Laws ________.
What is...theories can explain why or how something occurs, but laws only state that it will happen always that way, under those circumstances?
explain and describe
A basic assumption about the world that helps in understanding it
What is a presupposition?
Graph used for percentages
What is pie graph?
“Operational science” could also be called “__?__.”
dominion science
To test a hypothesis, a scientist could conduct a(n) ____.
What are experiments?