This science skill involves using your five senses to gather information
Observing
100
This attitude is importance in science because it starts the scientific inquiry process and gets scientists asking questions about their observations.
Curiosity
100
The factor in the experiment that we intentionally change is known as the...
Independent variable
100
What type of reasoning is affected by a persons feelings and likes/dislikes?
Subjective
100
The general term for a way of learning about the natural world is...
Science
200
This skill of science involves grouping together items that are alike in some way
classifying
200
This attitude, when balanced with skepticism, makes a scientist who is open to new ideas, but not so open that they won't question them.
Open-mindedness
200
The facts, figures, and other evidence you gather through observing are called...
Data
200
Whenever you make a conclusion without having enough data, your reasoning is said to be...
Faulty reasoning
200
An experiment in which only one variable is changed is called a...
Controlled experiment.
300
Jesus was stuck in traffic for four hours and saw the blinking lights of a cop car about a half mile up the road. He guessed there must have been an accident. What scientific skill did Jesus use to come to this conclusion?
Inferring
300
This attitude is very important for inventors, and often involves coming up with new ways to solve problems and make things.
Creativity
300
After making a conclusion, all good scientists do this before they communicate their results..
Repeat their trials; retest
300
Make a quantitative observation about someone in your group.
Must include numbers...remember quaNtitative, Numbers
300
If a person's likes and dislikes influence how he or she thinks about something, they are said to have...
Personal bias
400
Globes, mathematic equations, maps, and lifesize skeletons are all created using this skill of science.
Making models
400
This is the attitude that was not shown by the scientist who discovered the Piltdown Man, a famous hoax in the early 1900s.
Honesty
400
What are three ways a scientist can communicate their findings to the scientific community?
Journals, internet, conventions, scientific talks, presentations, etc.
400
A scientific theory is a well-tested _____________ of observations and experimental results, while a scientific law is a _____________ of patterns in nature that is expected to happen every time under all conditions.
explanation; description
400
This vocabulary word refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.
Scientific inquiry
500
This is the skill of science that is used when forming a hypothesis.
Predicting
500
Having a good sense of this attitude might be helpful to a scientist who is trying to decide whether or not one humans life is worth saving, or if it is more important to spare that human to possibly save 50 others; it might also be helpful to a scientist trying to decide whether or not he should cut down an entire forest to study the effects of deforestation on wildlife.
Ethics
500
Whenever you have a mistake in the design of an experiment, like using expired milk when testing how temperature affects milk souring, you are introducing...
Experimental bias
500
Which type of reasoning starts with a general idea and then applies that idea to a specific observation?
Deductive
500
This skill of science involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.