The Nature of Science
The Way Science Works
Organizing Data
Math Problems
Vocabulary
100
Technology can best be defined as
What is applied science?
100
The SI unit for measuring temperature is the
What is the kelvin?
100
This graph shows parts of a whole.
What is pie chart?
100
Maria is 123 cm tall. Here height in meters is
What is 1.23 meters
100
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
What is technology
200
Pure Science is best defined as the
What is the continuing search for new knowledge.
200
Most scientific questions are developed from
What is observations?
200
This graph is used to compare several items.
What is a bar graph?
200
The speed of light is 3 x 10^8 m/s. What is that in decimal form?
What is 300,000,000 m/s
200
an explanation of how a natural process works
What is scientific theory?
300
Scientific theories can be changed or replaced when
What is new discoveries are made?
300
This type of thinking is based on facts, uses observations and uses logic.
What is critical thinking?
300
This graph shows change over time?
What is a line graph?
300
You are asked to find the volume of a cube that is 2.5 cm high, 2.65 cm wide and 3.456 cm long. How many significant figures should you show in your answer?
What is 2 significant figures.
300
a description of a process in nature that can be tested by repeated experiments
What is scientific law
400
A scientific model is
What is representation of a real event or object?
400
The first step in the scientific method is usually
What is making observations?
400
78,900,000,000 written in scientific notation
What is 7.89 x 10^10
400
375 cm equals how many meters.
What is 3.75 meters
400
observing, studying, and experimenting to find the nature of things
What is science?
500
A scientific law is
What is a description of a natural event?
500
0.00000043 written in scientific notation
What is 4.3 x 10^-7
500
How many significant figures are in 7.357?
What is 4 significant figures?
500
a branch of biology that studies the balance of nature
What is ecology?