WHAT DO SCIENTIST DO?
HOW DO SCIENTIST INVESTIGATE?
HOW DO SCIENTIST COLLECT & INTERPRET DATA?
HOW DO SCIENTIST SUPPORT THEIR CONCLUSIONS?
GEOGRAPHY
100
THIS IS ANOTHER WORD FOR A HYPOTHESIS.
What is A PREDICTION
100
THIS IS THE USE OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS.
What is AN EXPERIMENT.
100
THIS IS INFORMATION FROM WHICH A CONCLUSION CAN BE MADE.
What is DATA.
100
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING A TASK.
What is PROCEDURES.
100
THIS IS THE STUDY OF THE EARTH AND THE EARTH'S FEATURES.
What is GEOGRAPHY.
200
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU FIND OUT ABOUT OBJECTS, EVENTS, OR LIVING THINGS USING YOUR SENSES.
What is AN OBSERVATION.
200
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN CHANGE IN A TEST.
What is A VARIABLE.
200
THIS IS A CONCLUSION BASED ON OBSERVATIONS.
What is AN INFERENCE.
200
THESE ARE FACTS THAT MAKE YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING IS TRUE.
What is EVIDENCE.
200
A THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN. B THIS IS THE COUNTY THAT WE LIVE IN.
What is A USA B ETOWAH
300
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN DURING AN INVESTIGATION.
What IS A HYPOTHESIS.
300
THIS IS THE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH CHANGE CAN BE MEASURED.
What is CONTROL GROUP.
300
A SCIENTIST CONCLUSION MUST BE BASED ON THIS IN ORDER TO BE VALID.
What are FACTS.
300
A VALID SCIENTICFIC INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE ___________________BY OTHER SCIENTIST.
What is REPLICATED.
300
A THIS IS THE STATE THAT WE LIVE IN. B NAME THE 4 STATES THAT SURROUND US.
What is A ALABAMA B TENNESSESS, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND MISSISSIPPI.
400
NAME SOME EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE REFERENCE MATERIALS.
What is BOOKS, SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, RELIABLE INTERNET SITES, ARTICLES WRITTEN BY SCIENTIST.
400
THIS IS HOW MANY VARIABLES THAT SHOULD BE TESTED AT ONE TIME.
What is ONE.
400
NAME SOME EXAMPLES OF TOOLS THAT SCIENTIST USE.
What is BALANCE SCALE, CALCULATOR, GRADUATED CYLINDER, SPRING SCALE, MICROSCOPES.
400
BESIDES FACTS, WHAT ELSE MIGHT A SCIENTIST USE TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS.
What is OBSERVATIONS.
400
A THIS IS THE CONTINENT THAT WE LIVE IN. B NAME THE COUNTRIES FOUND ON THIS CONTINENT.
What is A NORTH AMERICA B USA, MEXICO, & CANADA.
500
THIS IS WHY SCIENTIST SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR INVESTIGATIONS ON OPINIONS.
What is OPINIONS ARE BASED ON BELIEFS AND THEY VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON. INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD BE OBSERVABLE AND MEASUREABLE.
500
THESE ARE REASONS A SCIENTIST MIGHT USE A MODEL IN AN INVESTIGATION.
What is THEY MAY BE STUDYING SOMETHING TOO LARGE OR DANGEROUS TO STUDY DIRECTLY.
500
A. THIS IS THE ABILITY TO CONSISTLY REPEAT A MEASUREMENT. B. THIS IS THE ABILITY TO MAKE A MEASUREMENT THAT IS CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL VALUE AS POSSIBLE.
What is A. PRECISION B. ACCURACY
500
THIS IS HOW SCIENTIST USE EVIDENCE IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.
What is THEY USE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT OR DEFEND THEIR CONCLUSIONS AND/ OR TO GIVE THEIR RESULTS TO OTHER SCIENTIST.
500
A THIS IS 0 DEGREES LATITIUDE. B THIS IS 0 DEGREES LONGITUDE.
What is A EQUATOR B PRIME MERIDIAN