process of asking questions and searching for answers
What is inquiry
100
used to measure length or distance
What is ruler
100
Scientific knowledge is based on
What is evidence
100
What is the first step in completing the scientific method?
What is Purpose "the Question you want answered" "The Problem"
100
Which tool would you use to look at the moon?
What is telescope
200
organized ways to answer questions and solve problems
What is scientific method
200
used to measure the volume of irregular objects
What is graduated cylinder
200
Why do scientists keep detailed and accurate records?
What is if other scientists need to be able to repeat the experiments
200
Why is the hypothesis important?
Because it is what you think is going to happen and you test the experiment to see what happens
200
What is the second step in completing the scientific method?
What is hypothesis
300
a possible answer to a question
What is hypothesis
300
used to make objects seem big that are to small for the eye to see
What is microscope
300
Why is it important to do an experiment the same way each time?
What is so that a repeated experiment can produce similar results
300
What might happen if a procedure is not clearly written?
What is the test might be performed differently or provide different results
300
What is a technology that has changed quickly? What is a technology that has changed more slowly?
What is computer/phones/ for quickly - eye glasses for slowly any answers will apply that are reasonable
400
facts gained from observations and experiments
What is evidence
400
used to see objects far away closer to see
What is telescope
400
Two scientists get different results for the same experiment. What should they do ?
What is go over the procedure to see why the results were different
400
Someone noticed that a tree had no leaves and inferred that it lost its leaves because the season is fall. What is another reasonable inference based on that person observation?
What is the tree is dead, (other answers could apply)
400
a careful way of looking for something is an
What is investigation
500
drawing conclusion from data and observation
What is inference
500
used to measure temperature
What is thermometer
500
How is evidence different from an inference?
What is evidence is information about something you can prove, An inference is a conclusion drawn from that information
500
A team of scientist is studying the formation of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Provide a question that the team might ask?