Inquiry Skills
Tools
Units of Measurement
Science Vocabulary
Wild Card
100
To use what you know to answer a question
What is infer
100
You use this item to measure how long a small, straight object is.
What is a ruler
100
The units of measure on a ruler.
What is inches or centimeters.
100
This is an educated guess that you make about something. It is also a step in the scientific process.
What is a hypothesis?
100
This is what scientists study.
What is the world around us?
200
This is what you are doing when you make a good guess about what will happen or what you will observe.
What is predicting
200
You use a __________ when you want to find out how much of a liquid you have.
What is a measuring cup
200
A meauring cup measures in these units.
What is ounces or milliliters.
200
The answer to your question after you complete a science experiment.
What is the conclusion?
200
How do you know if the test you conducted in your experiment was fair?
You get the same results every time.
300
This is what you do when you use your 5 sense to learn about things
What is observe
300
This tool makes objects appear larger.
What is a hand lens.
300
A measuring tape measures in this unit.
What is inches.
300
This is a drawing or a figure that shows what something looks like
What is a model?
300
This is the next step after drawing your conclusion.
What is communicate the results?
400
You are doing this when you look at the differences and similarities of two different objects.
What is comparing
400
You use this tool to measure the mass of an object.
What is a balance.
400
A scale weighs in this unit.
What are grams or pounds?
400
These are tools that scientists can use to help them find out information.
What are science tools?
400
Jan wants to build a school supply holder. What should she do before she builds the actual supply holder?
What is make a model of it?
500
This is what you do when you want to answer a question.
What is plan an investigation.
500
You use this to measure the length of a tall or curved item.
What is a measuring tape.
500
In the United States, we measure temperature in this unit.
What is Fahrenheit?
500
This is a statement that can be tested in a science experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
500
Tom completes his experiment, but he did not get the results that he expected. This is what Tom should do next.
What is repeat the experiment?