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Scientific Inquiry
100
The type of observation that deals with numbers or amounts.
What is quantitative?
100
The study of living things.
What is biology?
100
The other names for manipulated variable and responding variable.
What is independent variable and dependent variable?
100
A display of data in rows and columns.
What is a table?
100
Another term for scientific inquiry
What is scientific method?
200
The type of observation that deals with characteristics.
What is qualitative?
200
The study of outer space and the physical universe.
What is astronomy?
200
Parts in an experiment that are not changed.
What are controls?
200
The standard units of measurement for length and for volume.
What is meter and liter?
200
These are the facts, figures, or numbers collected from an experiment.
What is data?
300
A way to remember the difference between the two types of observations
What is if it has the letter "n" in it think of numbers? or What is quality and quantity?
300
The study of chemical reactions.
What is chemistry?
300
The part of an experiment that is changed to see if it effects something else.
What is the manipulated variable?
300
The amount of meters in one kilometer.
What are 1000 meters?
300
The definition of scientific inquiry
What is the many ways scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on what they observe?
400
Using your senses to gather information
What is the definition of observation?
400
The study of laws and properties that determine the behavior of matter
What is physics?
400
The part of an experiment that changes as a result of changes made to something else.
What is a responding variable?
400
The instrument used to measure weight shown in front of the room.
What is a triple beam balance?
400
A possible solution to a problem or an educated guess
What is the definition of hypothesis?
500
Five examples of each type of observation, shown in a table
What are qualitative and quantitative examples? (student answers may vary)
500
The three main branches of all science and an example of a subcategory of each one.
What is life science (biology, anatomy, medicine, etc.), earth science (geology, meteorology, etc.) , and physical science (astronomy, physics, etc.)?
500
The variables and controls for an experiment in which a person is trying to test if the weight of a ball effects how fast it falls to the ground.
What is manipulated variable weight of ball, responding variable how fast it falls and controls of size, height, and weather?
500
The measurement of the object provided your group in centimeters.
What is (answers may vary) ?
500
These are all of the steps in the scientific inquiry process.
What is have a problem/question, generate a hypothesis, design and conduct an experiment, collect data, draw conclusions, and communicate?