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What is Science?
Scientific Method
Models
Measurement
Vocabulary
100
The study of living things. AKA biology.
What is life science?
100
The Scientific Method always begins by
What is asking a question?
100
Video games are this type of model.
What is a computer model?
100
This is the unit to measure mass.
What is a gram or a kilogram?
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
200
If you study the composition of the moon's surface you are involved in this branch of science.
What is earth science?
200
This is how you test your hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
200
This is the type of model you would use to tell if it was going to rain next week.
What is a computer model?
200
We use a triple-beam balance to measure
What is mass?
200
The ability to cause change in matter.
What is energy?
300
Using science to solve a problem or make life easier.
What is technology?
300
These are the parts of the experiment that are always the same. They don't change.
What are the constants or controls?
300
E=mc2 is this type of model.
What is an idea model?
300
1000 milliliters = 1______
What is liter?
300
This is a reasonable, possible explanation that must be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
400
A scientific _____ describes a pattern in nature. Tells you what will happen, not why it happens.
What is a law?
400
In an experiment this is the result of changing the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
400
distance= rate x time is this kind of model.
What is an idea model?
400
This is the unit you would use to measure the distance from Crossville to Cookeville.
What is a kilometer?
400
This is another name for your recorded observations, usually numbers.
What is data?
500
Physical science is divided into two branches:
What is chemistry and physics?
500
This is the part of the experiment that you change in order to see what happens.
What is the independent variable?
500
In order to test their design, an engineer builds a model roller-coaster that is 1:12 scale. What kind of model is this?
What is a physical model?
500
This is the piece of lab equipment we use to measure volume in mL.
What is a graduate cylinder?
500
Taking what you already know and combining it with new information to decide what to believe.
What is critical thinking?