Name that science
Scientific Inquiry
Variables
SI
Units and tools
100
The study of the universe.
What is astronomy?
100
The first step to the scientific inquiry.
What is ask a question?
100
The factor being tested in an experiment.
What is the variable?
100
The distance between two points.
What is length?
100
The tool used to find temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
The study of solid earth.
What is geology?
200
A possible explanation for a set of observations to a scientific question. (educated guess)
What is the hypothesis?
200
The variable being tested. Think "I the scientist, will test this variable..."
What is the independent variable?
200
The amount of space an object takes up.
What is volume?
200
The tool used to find length.
What is a metric ruler or meter stick?
300
The study of the ocean.
What is oceanography?
300
The very last step of the scientific inquiry process.
What is communicate the results?
300
Another name for the independent variable.
What is the manipulated variable?
300
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
300
The unit of mass.
What is gram or kilo gram?
400
The study of the atmosphere.
What is meteorology?
400
A standard used for comparison.
What is a control, or control group?
400
The variable that is measured ,or observed, by the experimenter. The one you collect data on.
What is the dependent variable? (responding variable)
400
A measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
What is weight?
400
The unit of temperature.
What is kelvin or celsius?
500
The study of how humans interact with the environment.
What is environmental science?
500
A well-tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations.
What is scientific theory?
500
Anything in an experiment that can change or be changed.
What is a variable?
500
The measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules that make up a substance.
What is temperature?
500
The unit of weight.
What is newton?