Why Study Science?
Scientific Literacy
Scientists and Society
Careers in Science
This and That
100
If you've ever bought something in a store, you are called this.
What is a consumer?
100
This has been formed by evidence, but hasn't been confirmed by evidence and everyone has one.
What is an opinion?
100
The work scientists do changes this.
What is society?
100
The area of science which studies living things.
What is life science?
100
An observation that deals with numbers is called ______.
What is quantitative?
200
A desirable or positive consequence of taking or not taking an action.
What is a benefit?
200
This includes observations and conclusions that have been repeated.
What is evidence?
200
Society influences this.
What is the work of scientists?
200
Astrophysicists and geologists are included in this area of science.
What is earth and space science?
200
The type of bias in which society influences the way that an individual or a group thinks.
What is cultural bias?
300
An undesirable or negative consequence of taking or not taking an action.
What is a cost?
300
Having this will help you analyze scientific claims, understand scientific terms well enough to ask questions, evaluate information, and make decisions, along with being able to identify good sources of scientific information and apply the knowledge to problems in your life.
What is scientific literacy?
300
A public disagreement between groups.
What is a controversy?
300
Magnetism and electricity are in this area of science.
What is physical science?
300
The type of experiment in which only one variable is changed.
What is a controlled experiment?
400
As a consumer, you will want to learn all that you can about an issue so you will make this type of decision.
What is informed?
400
Background information needs to be these two things.
What is relevant and reliable?
400
The model of the universe where the Earth moves around the sun is called this.
What is heliocentric?
400
The study of the matter that makes up all things.
What is chemistry?
400
The one variable that is purposely changed to to test a hypothesis.
What is the manipulated variable?
500
Studying science helps you understand how things ______.
What is work?
500
Reliable information comes from a person or organization that is accurate and _____________.
What is unbiased? What are some examples?
500
The scientist who discovered that women were dying from infections because their doctors weren't washing their hands.
Who was Ignaz Semmelweis?
500
Because most scientific questions need the work of scientists from many fields to answer them, they do this.
What is to work with teams of scientists from other fields?
500
Even in non-science careers, knowledge of this is essential to perform the job.
What is science?