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Measurement
Science and the Natural World
Graphs
Inquiry
Thinking Like a Scientist
100
This is measured using a balance.
What is mass?
100
The horizontal axis of a graph runs in these directions.
What is left to right?
100
This is a mistake in an experiment's design that makes a particular result more likely.
What is experimental bias?
100
Using one or more of your senses to gather information is called...
What is observing?
200
The metric system of measurement is based on this number.
What is 10?
200
It is important to use this when trying to solve a problem.
What is scientific reasoning?
200
This type of graph is said to be a powerful tool because it shows how different sets of data are related.
What is a line graph?
200
Trying to explain why a solar eclipse occurs is an example of this method.
What is scientific inquiry?
200
This is the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
What is classifying?
300
You would measure this using a graduated cylinder.
What is volume?
300
Proposing an explanation for the changing colors of the sky is an example of this.
What is a hypothesis?
300
When an independent variable is this a line graph is used.
What is continuous?
300
This is what we call an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
What is a controlled experiment?
300
You are making this if you state that your basketball team will win tonight's game because your team has always beaten the other team in the past.
What is a prediction?
400
This is the basic SI unit of length.
What is the meter?
400
This is a way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation.
What is deductive reasoning?
400
This is a graph where the data points do not fall along a straight line.
What is a nonlinear graph?
400
Two ways of gaining scientific knowledge without doing an experiment are...
What are observations and modeling?
400
Scientists should always balance their open-mindedness by having an attitude of doubt. This attitude of doubt is called...
What is skepticism?
500
The amount of matter an object contains is its...
What is mass?
500
This type of observation deals with numbers or amounts.
What is quantitative observation?
500
Data that does not fit with the rest of the data set is called this.
What is anomalous data?
500
To start this process one must use thinking and questioning.
What is scientific reasoning?
500
Scientists who possess this attitude always reports their observations and results truthfully.
What is honesty?