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Models
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A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by evidence

What is a theory? 

100
A _______________can be used to help visualize microscopic structures and events.
What is a model?
100

The variable YOU change in an experiment

What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE? 

100

My maiden name

What is Shargel? 

100

This type of model is made up of equations and data

What is a mathematical model? 

200

A theory that once explained that illness was caused by a noxious form of "bad air". 

What is the miasma theory? 

200
_____________a rule that uses experimental results and observations to describe some pattern in nature.
What is a scientific law?
200

The variable YOU measure, or the responding variable is called 

The DEPENDENT variable

200

The name of my dog

What is Rocky? 

200

This type of model often looks like the thing it represents

What is a physical model

300

This theory states that the sun is at the center of our solar system. 

What is the heliocentric theory

300
A scientific explanation of related observations that is based on ideas that have been repeatedly tested and shown to be true over time.
What is a scientific theory?
300

A student wanted to test if different shoes helped them run the mile faster in PE. The different shoes represent 

What is the Independent Variable? 
300

This is the the State I was born in

What is Oregon? 

300

This tool would be used to create a climate model

What is a computer?

400

This theory explains what all matter is made of 

What is the atomic theory of matter?

400

_______________________ is the process of asking a question and then designing an experiment to test their hypothesis. 

What is the scientific method? 

400

Does the age of an animal determine the number of offspring it produces? This is the dependent variable. 

What is the number of offspring produced? 

400
I attended this University

What is UC Davis? 

400

weather forecasting, flight simulators used for training pilots, and car crash modeling. 

What are computer models? 

500

Albert Einstein developed this theory, which states that gravity affects the fabric of space-time. 

What is the theory of relativity? 

500

_______________ is the habit of mind in which a person questions the validity of accepted ideas. 

What is skepticism? 

500

the standard to which comparisons are made in an experiment.  Example: your basic rocket, no mouse under the dung,

What is the CONTROL group? 

500

The longest race I've ever competed in. 

What is an ironman? (13hrs35min)

500

This car was sold from 1908 to 1927 and was the earliest effort to make a car that most people could actually buy.

What is the Model T?