Vocabulary
False Science
What is Pseudoscience?
What is developed for an object that is too large or to small to be studied directly?
What is a scale model?
Who studies the body?
What is a biologist?
What is the last step needed to modify an idea?
A. Change the Data B. Propose the Law
C. Form an Opinion D. Debate the Change
Scientists need to debate the change in order to modify an idea.
What do all scientific investigations need?
A. good field studies
B. good laboratories
C. accurate record keeping
D. working with other scientists
Good scientific investigations need accurate record keeping
The term for the cumulative body of observations on which scientific explanations are based
What is empirical evidence?
What is needed by a scientist to analyze data?
A. Curiosity B. Imagination
C. Logic D Skeptism
What is Logic?
Who would study the stars?
What is a meteorologist?
What does Boyle's law state?
As pressure increases, volume decreases because the particles get closer.
When reading a graph, one should pay attention to
A. x axis B. y axis
C. the relationship between the x and y axis
D. the numbers on the sides of the graph
When reading a graph, one should pay attention to the relationship between the x and y axis
Systematic study of natural events and conditions
What is Science?
What do Science Investigations need?
A. multiple Trials
B. scientific method
C. the involvement of the unregulated world
Science Investigations need multiple Trials to increase consistency.
Who would study land maps?
What is a geologist?
What is this an example of?
Any 2 objects exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other
What is a scientific law?
Using a ruler correctly would be an example of what type of scientific knowledge?
A. planning ahead B. developing a hypothesis
C. using good equipment D. taking accurate measurements
Using a ruler correctly is an example of taking accurate measurements
Scientists collect and record what?
What is data?
How has science improved the health of our lives?
A. vaccines B. prosthetics
C. genetics D. All of the above
Science has helped to improve our lives by vaccines, genetics, and prosthetics.
Who might create a machine to help build a building?
Who is an engineer?
Environmental Science would impact which area?
A. Weather Prediction B. New Technology
C. New Medicines D. Conserving natural
resources
Environmental science would impact conservation of natural resources.
How is a scientific theory changed first? Describe the experiments.
The experiments need to be replicable.
What variable relies on the change of variables?
What is a dependent variable?
What is a well supported and widely accepted explanation of nature?
What is Scientific Theory?
Who might study chemicals to make new medicines?
Who is a chemist?
What do scientific explanations need?
A. Experienced opinions from scientists
B. Experimental data from technology
C. A formed hypothesis after initial observations
D. An original hypothesis formed from imagination
Scientific explanations need experimental data obtained by using technology.
What is the final step in changing a scientific theory?
Scientists need to debate and discuss the outcomes of the experiments.