Thinking Like a Scientist I
Thinking Like a Scientist II
Scientific Inquiry I
Scientific Inquiry II
THE METRIC SYSTEM
100
USING ONE OR MORE OF YOUR SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION IS CALLED ________.
What is AN OBSERVATION?
100
A REPRESENTATION OF A COMPLEX OBJECT OR PROCESS IS CALLED _________.
What is A MODEL?
100
THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD AND EXPLAIN IT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THEY GATHER ARE CALLED ______
What is SCIENTIFIC METHODS (OR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY)?
100
THE FACTS, FIGURES, AND OTHER EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH OBSERVATIONS ARE CALLED ____.
What are DATA?
100
These are the 3 BASE UNITS in the metric system.
What is Liter, Meter, Gram
200
A CONCLUSION OR OPINION THAT IS FORMED BECAUSE OF KNOWN FACTS OR EVIDENCE IS CALLED _____ .
What is AN INFERENCE?
200
THE STUDY OR WAY OF LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD IS CALLED _____.
What is SCIENCE?
200
A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR A SET OF OBSERVATIONS (OR AN ANSWER TO A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION) IS CALLED _____.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
200
THE SHARING OF IDEAS AND EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS WITH OTHERS THROUGH WRITING AND SPEAKING IS CALLED ____.
What is COMMUNICATION?
200
This metric prefix stands for 100...
What is "HECTO"
300
A FORECAST OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE (OR EVIDENCE) IS CALLED .
What is A PREDICTION?
300
A hypothesis in an experiment must be:
What is TESTABLE
300
FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT ARE CALLED ____.
What are VARIABLES?
300
A STATEMENT THAT DESCRIBES WHAT SCIENTISTS EXPECT TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME UNDER A PARTICULAR SET OF CONDITIONS IS CALLED A ______ ______.
What is SCIENTIFIC LAW?
300
The base unit for SI (metric ) temperature is the:
What is THE KELVIN
400
What are 3 ways to test a hypothesis?
What is CREATE A MODEL, DESIGN AN EXPERIMENT, COLLECT DATA AND RECORD OBSERVATIONS
400
DESCRIPTIVE OBSERVATIONS THAT CANNOT BE EXPRESSED IN NUMBERS ARE CALLED _____.
What are QUALITATIVE?
400
AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH ONLY ONE VARIABLE IS MANIPULATED AT A TIME IS CALLED A _____ EXPERIMENT.
What is CONTROLLED?
400
THE ONE VARIABLE THAT IS PURPOSELY CHANGED TO TEST A HYPOTHESIS IS CALLED THE _____ VARIABLE.
What is INDEPENDENT (TEST)?
400
How long is a millisecond?
What is 1/1000 of a second
500
OBSERVATIONS DEAL WITH A NUMBER (OR AMOUNT) ARE CALLED _____ OBSERVATIONS.
What are QUANTITATIVE?
500
AN ORGANIZED PROCEDURE TO INVESTIGATE A PHENOMENON OR IDEA IS CALLED AN _____.
What is EXPERIMENT?
500
THE FACTOR THAT MAY CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IS CALLED THE _____ VARIABLE.
What is DEPENDENT Variable (responding)?
500
A WELL-SUPPORTED EXPLANATION OF NATURE THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE LAWS WE OBSERVE IS CALLED A ____ ____.
What is SCIENTIFIC THEORY?
500
What country did the Metric System originate in?
What is FRANCE