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Science
The Scientific Method
Measurement
Definitions
Grab Bag
100
A system of knowledge, and the methods used to find that knowledge.
What is science?
100
Information that you gather with your senses.
What is an observation?
100
The base unit of mass in the SI system.
What is a kilogram?
100
A statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature.
What is a law?
100
The most important safety rule in the laboratory.
What is following the teacher's instructions?
200
The branch of natural science that deals with living things.
What is life science (biology)?
200
Recorded observations and measurements.
What are data?
200
This metric prefix represents 1/100, or one hundredth.
What is centi-?
200
The quantity given by mass over volume.
What is density?
200
A proposed solution to a scientific problem.
What is a hypothesis?
300
This can change forms, but never be created or destroyed.
What is energy?
300
A logical explanation for events that occur in nature.
What is a theory?
300
The boiling point of water on the Celsius scale.
What is 100 degrees?
300
An organized plan for gathering, organizing, and communicating information.
What is a scientific method?
300
The number of centimeters in 2.5 meters.
What is 250?
400
The use of knowledge to solve practical problems.
What is technology?
400
This can help us understand things that are difficult to observe directly.
What is a model?
400
How close a measurement is to an actual value.
What is accuracy?
400
A process by which scientists examine other scientists' work.
What is peer review?
400
An experiment in which only one variable is tested at a single time.
What is a controlled experiment?
500
This begins the process of science.
What is curiosity?
500
A variable in an experiment that causes a change.
What is a manipulated variable?
500
The amount of significant figures in the answer to the following problem: 3.65 x 10.24
What is three?
500
A relationship where the ratio between two variables stays constant.
What is a direct proportion?
500
The expression of the number 0.036 in scientific notation.
What is 3.6 x 10-2?