A way of learning about the natural world and all the knowledge gained by exploring the natural world.
What is science?
100
2 part answer:
Capable of accepting new and different ideas, but balancing that with an attitude of doubt.
What is open-mindedness and skepticism?
100
the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on gathered evidence.
What is scientific inquiry, the name of this category?
100
A well-tested and widely accepted explanation.
What is a scientific theory?
100
An experiment where only one variable is manipulated at a time.
What is a controlled experiment?
200
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing?
200
The rules that enable people to know right from wrong.
What is ethics?
200
A possible answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
200
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions, without any attempt at explaining why it happens.
What is a scientific law?
200
Reasoning that involves using facts and evidence.
What is objective reasoning?
300
Explaining or interpreting things you observe.
What is inferring?
300
The influence of a person's likes and dislikes.
What is personal bias?
300
The correct number of variables to test at any given time in an experiment.
What is only one?
300
The sharing of ideas and results with others through writing and speaking
What is communicating?
300
Reasoning that relies on personal feelings.
What is subjective reasoning?
400
Making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is predicting?
400
The influence of a person's upbringing or environment.
What is cultural bias?
400
The one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis.
(please give both terms for this answer)
What is manipulated variable (aka independent variable)?
400
A summary of what you learned from your experiment.
What is conclusion?
400
Coming up with inventive ways to solve problems or produce new things.
What is creativity.
500
The grouping of together of items that are alike in some way.
What is classifying?
500
A flaw or mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a certain result more likely.
What is experimental bias?
500
The variable the may change in response to the manipulated variable.
(please give both terms for this answer)
What is responding variable (aka dependent variable)?
500
The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through qualitative and quantitative observations.
What is data?
500
Creating representations of complex objects or processes.