Safety in Science
When dealing with this in a lab, you should never heat it when wet.
What is glassware?
This is also known as an educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
This scientist studies the breakdown of matter, such as the atom.
What is a chemist.
A graph, a table, and a drawing are all ways to record this.
What is data?
He was considered the first Greek scientist.
Who is Thales?
You should always cut away from yourself when using this tool.
What is a knife or box cutter. (will accept sharp tool)
This is the last step in the Scientific Method.
What is Share the Results?
This is a person who works with plants.
What is a botanist?
This type of investigation describes things that cannot be experimented on. They answer where?, what?, when? and how?
What is a descriptive investigation?
This Greek scientist proved that math and science work together and used that knowledge to build tools and weapons.
Who is Archimedes?
Do not hold under your nose and smell these.
What are chemicals?
This is the first step in the Scientific Method.
What is make an observation?
The study of ancient cultures and remains.
What is archaeology?
This is a factor that is changed on purpose by the scientist in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
This scientist built one of the first telescopes and discovered several of the planets and other celestial objects.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
These are experiments done outdoors.
What are field experiments?
To test the hypothesis you perform this next step.
What is an experiment?
The study of celestial bodies and space.
What is astronomy?
This factor in an experiment is changed as a result of the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
This scientist worked with Thomas Edison and helped create the electricity system used in power plants across the US.
Who is Nikola Tesla.
A wide-mouthed flat bottom glass container used for science experiments.
What is a beaker?
After you confirm or deny your hypothesis through your experiment, you need to do this step in the Scientific Method.
What is is state a conclusion?
A person who studies the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods.
What is a paleontologist?
These are factors that are kept the same in all trials of the experiment.
What is the controlled variable?
This Dutch scientist built one of the first microscopes.
Who is Anton Van Leeuwenhoek?