Scientific Method
What is it called when you make an educated guess about what will happen in an Experiment?
Hypothesis
What caused the paper clip to be able to stay on top of the water?
surface tension
Is a microwave science or technology?
technology
What is the study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms?
Paleontology
Which theory says that the Present is the Key to the past.
Uniformitarianism
What causes objects not to drop at the same rate according to the experiment of paper, cardboard, paper clip, book.
Air resistance
When you broke up the sugar cube, what was that about?
Weathering
Which simple machine is the easiest to figure the mechanical advantage of?
pulley
Which test tests to see if a document contradicts other known historical facts?
External test
Layers you see in the geological column.
Strata
Can science be proven?
no
What were we learning about when you wrote down the account of what happened during chapel?
The types of historical tests
What is the mechanical advantage of the wheel and axle when the wheel has a diameter of 15inches and the axle has a diamter of 5 inches?
3
What is it called when you know the age of an artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history.
Known Age
When molten rock cools, it solidifies, forming what kind of rock?
Igneous
What is a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data?
Theory
What were we learning about when we did the Brand Coke vs the Kroger Coke?
Blind vs. double blind
What type of simple machine is a seesaw? Specifically.
Class 1 lever
What is the process of counting tree rings called?
Dendrochronology
The decayed remains of once-living organisms
Humus
What are the steps in the scientific method for writing a lab report. There are 6
Question/Observation, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Results, Conclusion
What was the oil, water, corn syrup and different objects in the water about? (term)
Density
What is the disadvantage of an incline plane?
distance
This is the benefit of the doubt given to the document itself.
Aristotle's Dictum
When the sea deposits a lot of its sediments in a fan-shaped area?
The Delta