Scientists Skills
Scientific Method
Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law
Energy
100
The expected outcome of an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
100
The thing you measure in the experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
100
Which has more evidence to support it: a scientific theory or a scientific law?
Neither, they both have a lot of evidence.
100

What is energy that is associated with motion or movement?

What is Kinetic Energy?

200
A conclusion based on observations.
What is an inference?
200
This is what you compare your results to.
What is the control?
200
A scientific theory will ______________ become a scientific law.
What is never?
200

What do we call stored energy?

What is Potential energy?

300
An aspect that a model cannot share with the viewer.
What is a limitation?
300
The number of independent variables you can include in a controlled experiment for it to be considered reliable.
What is one?
300
This scientific law states that the mass of the product of a chemical reaction is equal to the mass of the reactants.
What is the law of conservation of mass?
300

Energy is the ability to do ____.

What is work?

400

What is a process that uses observation and experimentation to generate knowledge of the natural world

What is science?

400

The observed results of an experiment that occur from changes in the test variable (independent variable) are known as _______.

What are outcome variables?

400

Is the conservation of energy a theory or law?

What is a law?

400

This kind of energy that is produced by vibrating objects and travels through matter in waves.

What is sound energy?

500

What is a scientific tool used to study something that is too large, rare, complex, or dangerous to fully observe directly?

What is a model?

500

The factor that is changed throughout an experiment is called the _______.

What is a variable?

500

Is gravity a theory or law?

What is a law?

500

This kind of energy associated with the movement of charged particles.

What is electrical energy?