Vocabulary
A way of learning about the natural world.
What is Science.
The first step.
What is to ask a question?
This should begin the day before.
What is preparing for the lab?
The goal of this is to improve the way people live.
What is technology.
A tree is a type of technology.
What is False?
Using one or more of your senses to gather information.
What is observing?
A possible explanation for a set of observations.
What is hypothesis?
This should be worn when performing an experiment.
What are goggles?
The study of the natural world to understand how it functions.
What is science.
Successful scientists possess curiosity, honesty, close-mindedness, and creativity.
What is false?
(curiosity, honesty, open-mindedness, skepticism, and creativity)
An observation that deals with a number or an amount.
What is quantitative observation?
In science, this must be testable.
What is a hypothesis?
Whenever a lab is performed, the teacher's directions should be followed __________.
What is exactly?
This changes or modifies the natural world to meet human needs or solve problems.
What is technology.
A responding variable is the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis.
What is false?
(manipulated variable)
To explain or interpret the things that you observe.
What is to infer?
The third step.
What is an experiment.
This should be done when a lab is finished.
What is clean up the work area?
A person who is trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
Who is an engineer?
The responding variable may change in response to the manipulated variable.
An attitude of doubt.
What is skepticism?
The answer to my hypothesis.
What is the conclusion.
This is called working in the "field".
What is when you work outdoors?
The effects that technology can have on individual people and society as a whole.
What are positive and negative effects.
A hypothesis is an answer to a set of observations.
What is false?
(a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question)