Let's Test That
Law vs Theory
Model It For Me
Can I Actually Trust It?
100
A testable question for an experiment or observation
What is a hypothesis?
100
One describes what WILL happen, and the other describes WHY it happens
What is the difference between law and theory?
100
A representation of something in the natural world
What is a model?
100
Advertising agency
What is not very reliable?
200
It teaches you about the natural world
What is science?
200
This one is an evidence based statement
What is a theory?
200
Examples of models
What are computer programs, mathematical equations, and maps?
200
Personal webpage
What is not very reliable?
300
One is an educated guess without collected data, the other is a conclusion made based on evidence gathered
What is the difference between a hypothesis and an inference?
300
This one is a rule
What is a law?
300
True or False:
Scientists use models to help them understand past, present, and even future events
What is true?
300
A government science agency (.gov site)
What is reliable?
400
These are the steps of the scientific method
What is making an observation, asking a question, doing research, forming a hypothesis, testing with an experiment, analyzing data, drawing a conclusion, and communicating results?
400
This is usually expressed as a mathematical formula
What is a law?
400
The limitations of models
What is they are not fully accurate and are subject to change?
400
A university website (.edu site)
What is reliable?
500
These are the two main types of variables (bonus points if you get the third)
What is an independent variable and dependent variable?
*Controlled variable
500
This aims to describe some aspect of the environment
What is a theory?
500
Name That Model:
What is a map?
500
A science textbook from 1985
What is somewhat reliable?