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Variables
Models
Scientific Method
Scientific Theory & Law
Confetti
100
A variable in an experiment that stays the same.
What is the control?
100
You can see and touch me.
What are physical models?
100
A prediction about a problem that can be tested.
What is hypothesis?
100
I must be supported by observations and results from many investigations and are not absolute.
What is scientific theory?
100
The process of learning more about the natural world.
What is science?
200
The factor being measured in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable.
200
I am built using computer software. You can see me but cannot touch me.
What are computer models?
200
A rule that describes a pattern in nature.
What is scientific law?
200
The three branches of science.
What are life science, physical science, and earth science.
300
This changes as a result of a change in the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
300
I am a model that represents a concept that describe how someone thinks about something in the natural world.
What are idea models?
300
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west is an example of this.
What is scientific law?
300
Camera is an example of ________.
What is technology?
400
The variables that are not changed in an experiment.
What are constants?
400
I am famous for an idea model. My concept included a mathematical equation E=mc
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
The first step in the scientific method.
What is recognizing a problem.
400
In New York we only see sunlight for part of the day because of the earth's rotation.
What is scientific theory?
400
Combining what you already know with new facts you are given to decide if you should agree with something.
What is critical thinking?
500
Hypothesis: If I water my rosebush with Gatorade then it will grow a greater number of flowers. I am the dependent variable.
What is the number of flowers.
500
I am used to predict the weather. If you watch the news you will see me.
What is a computer model?
500
The last step in the scientific method.
What is draw conclusions?
500
One explains and One describes.
What is the difference between scientific law and scientific theory?
500
This means to draw conclusions based on what you observed.
What is to infer?