Chapter One

Vocabulary

100

THE TERM SCIENCE COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD "SCIENTIA" WHICH MEANS ___________

WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE

200

_________________ IA AN ORGANIZED SET OF INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES

WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

300

____________ IS A QUANTITY THAT CAN HAVE MORE THAN A SINGLE VALUE

WHAT IS A VARIABLE

400

__________________ IS THE VARIABLE YOU CHANGE TO SEE HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE. 

EX: THE BRAND OF FERTILIZER

WHAT IS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

500

____________ IS A FACTOR THAT DOES NOT CHANGE WHEN OTHER VARIABLES CHANGE.

WHAT IS THE CONSTANT VARIABLE

Vocabulary

100

____________ IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH THE TEST RESULTS CAN BE COMPARED

WHAT IS THE CONTROL VARIABLE

200

_________ TESTS THE EFFECT OF ONE THING ON ANOTHER USING A CONTROL

WHAT IS AN EXPERIMENT

300

___________ changes according to the changes in other variables

ex:The amount of plant growth

What is the dependent variable

400

Science is acquiring ____________

What is knowledge

500

Technology is the ____________ of science to ______ people.

What is application and help

KNOW YOUR SCIENCE

100

WHAT ARE THE THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF SCIENCE

WHAT IS....

1. EARTH

2. LIFE

3. PHYSICAL

200

The ______________ replaced the metric system in the 1960's, and is a system based on multiples of 10's

What is the SI - international System of Units

300

AN EXPERIMENT USUALLY CONTAINS AT LEAST ______ VARIABLES

WHAT IS 2

400

ARE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THE SAME?

WHAT IS NO

500

What is the formula to measure the volume of a box

what is length x width x height

Scientific Method

100

STEP ONE _____________________ (AFTER MAKING OBSERVATIONS)

OFTEN STATED IN WHY OR HOW FORM

WHAT IS STATING THE PROBLEM

200

STEP 4 IS DONE BY

-make observations

-build a model

- perform and experiment

What is testing a hypothesis

300

STEP 2 HELPS YOU LEARN ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM AND IF THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TEST PERFORMED

WHAT IS RESEARCH AND GATHER INFORMATION

400

Step 5 ___________________. 

- Record observations into easy-to-read tables and graphs.

What is analyze the data

500

STEP 3 IS YOUR EDUCATED GUESS

WHAT IS FORM A HYPOTHESIS

SI Base Units

100

length is measured in __________

What are meters (m)

200

_______ is measured in kilograms (kg)

What is mass

300

Seconds (s) measure __________

What is time

400

the Kelvin (K) measures _________

What is temperature

500

kilo (k) has a multiplying factor of _________

what is 1,000