Science! What it is?
The word science comes from what ancient language?
What is Latin! Science comes from the Latin word Scientia which means "knowledge."
Science is a static--or unchanging--field. True or false?
What is false.
Scientific investigations tend to follow this patern.
What is "the scientific method."
How many types of variables are there.
What is four.
This is a statement about what happens in nature that seems to be true all the time.
What is a "scientific law."
If I spend my days asking questions and making observations about the world, what occupation would I have?
What is "scientist."
Science can answer any questions we have about the world. True or False?
False.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is "State the problem" or what the scientist will investigate.
Name two types of variables.
Possible Answers: Independent, dependent, constant, and control.
These help us visualize and represent an idea, event, or object to help us better understand things.
There are several major categories of science. This category studies matter and energy.
What is "physical science."
True or False: In the 20th century, scientists discovered that the nucleus was a solid ball.
What is "false." The nucleus is NOT solid, it is made up of protons and neutrons.
What is the third step in the scientific method?
What is "State the hypothesis."
In a scientific experiment, which variable remains unaffected?
What is the "constant" variable,
This model of the atom was created in the early 1900s.
What is the "Thompson model."
What is "life science."
Thanks to the research of scientists in the 20th century, we know all there is to know about the atom. True or False?
False. Research continues today.
These are observations made using the scientific method.
What are "scientific inferences."
This is the standard by which test results can be compared.
What is the control variable.
"If a ball is dropped from a height, then it will accelerate due to gravity." This is an example of what?
What is a "hypothesis."
I created a model of the atom in the early 1900s.
Who is "JJ Thompson."
How long have scientists been studying the atom?
Valid experiments must have data that is what?
A variable is a quantity that can have more than a single value. True or False.
True.
Light and jelly. Lord Kelvin used both to understand what scientific process.
What is "how light moves through space."