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Scientific Method
Tools
Data
Design Process
Technology
100
When you use your senses, what are you doing?
Observing
100
What is a tool that can measure volume?
Measuring spoon, measuring cup, or graduated cylinder
100
What graph uses bars? What graph uses pictures?
A bar graph and picture graph
100
What can we do to solve problems?
Use the design process
100
A pencil is an example of technology. Is a pencil simple or complex?
Simple
200
What is an experiment?
An experiment is a test done to test a hypothesis and gather evidence.
200
What can you use to measure length (how long something is)?
A ruler or measuring tape
200
What do you call evidence that scientists have to answer their questions?
Data
200
Why do we need the design process?
The design process helps us solve problems or design creative solutions.
200
A car is an example of technology. Is it simple or complex?
Complex
300
What are you doing when you offer an explanation of what you observed?
When you infer, you offer an explanation of what you observed.
300
If you want to find out how hot or how cold something is, what would you use?
A thermometer
300
If something is too big, too small, or too dangerous to do or observe, what can you do instead?
Make a model
300
After you find a problem, what should you do?
Plan out the prototype and build it.
300
How do people affect technology?
People affect technology by inventing new things.
400
What is the planned way of finding answers to questions?
An investigation is a planned way of finding answers to questions.
400
What is the best tool to use to measure how long something takes?
A stopwatch
400
What are ways scientists can communicate data?
Scientists can use charts, graphs, maps, tables, or models to show their data.
400
Why do we have technology?
Technology makes life better and easier.
500
What are the steps of the scientific method?
1. Ask a question 2. Hypothesize 3. Predict and plan an investigation 4. Experiment 5. Draw conclusions
500
What is a microscope?
A microscope is a tool that magnifies objects that are too tiny to be seen with the eye alone.
500
How is a data table different from a chart?
A data table uses numbers instead of pictures.
500
What are the steps of the design process?
1. Find a problem. 2. Plan and build a prototype. 3. Test and improve the prototype. 4. Redesign the prototype. 5. Communicate results.
500
What is technology?
Technology is anything that people make or use that changes the natural world.