Scientific Method
There are _______ steps in the Scientific Method.
What is 5 or 7 if background research and reporting of results are included.
The first step in the Scientific Methods
What is a Question.
different factors that change in an experiment
What is variables
The step of scientific method where models are used
What is Step #5. Analyzing Data
Factors that are not changed in an experiment.
What are constants.
The procedure to test a hypothesis is ___________.
What is experiment.
Science cannot answer questions about _______________.
What is ethics or beliefs?
the process used by scientists when conducting an investigation
What is Scientific Methods.
instrument used for measuring wind speed
What is an anemometer?
deals with moral beliefs about good and bad
What is ethics.
A reasonable or educated possible answer to a problem based on observations that is typically written as an "If...then..." statement is called _______________.
What is hypothesis.
The use of scientific discoveries for practical applications
What is technology?
3rd step of scientific methods
What is formulate a hypothesis.
Variable changed intentionally by scientists in an experiment
What is independent variable.
An explanation or model backed by results obtained from many tests or experiments
What is a scientific theory.
You gather observation through the use of your _________ about the natural world.
What is senses or knowledge.
The study of Earth and Space.
What is Earth Science?
What is the dependent variable.
Instrument used to measure water vapor
What is hygrometer?
Hypothesis are written as __________ statements.
What is "If... then..."
Data can be organized into ________, __________, or _________.
What is charts, graphs, tables.
Explain the difference between Scientific Law and Scientific Theory.
What is Scientific laws are rules that describe a pattern in nature. Scientific Theory is an attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in nature.
What is a control group?
instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
term given to data that includes numerical values
term given to data that does not include numerical values but rather are just observations about properties
What is quantitative?
What is qualitative