1.1: What is Science?
Systematic study of natural events and conditions.
What is Science?
The factor that is deliberately manipulated.
What is the independent variable?
Science affects...
The way we think and live.
Which axis would the independent variable go?
The X axis.
It is the language for all scientific measurements and is very important.
What is the SI system?
What are the three types of science?
Life Science, Earth Science, and Physical Science.
The factor that changes due to the change of the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
An explanation supported by evidence.
What is a theory?
This graph displays data in separate categories.
What is a bar graph?
Kelvin
What is the SI unit for temperature?
Evidence that includes observations and measurements.
What is Empirical evidence?
If a scientific investigation is well documented, includes supporting evidence, and is repeated multiple times, then it is a ___________.
Good scientific investigation.
This describes what happens.
What is a Law?
This graph shows how each group relates to all of the data.
What is a circle graph?
Second
What is the SI unit for time?
The belief or practice based on incorrectly applied scientific methods.
What is pseudoscience?
If a scientist is writing about their field of study, then...
The information is trustworthy.
This explains why something happens.
What is a theory?
This shows the structure of something.
What is a model?
The exactness of a measurement.
What is precision?
What are three characteristics of scientists?
Curious, Creative, Logical
The process of gathering information through the senses.
What is observation?
All the measurements and data scientists gather in support of a scientific explanation.
What is Empirical Evidence?
This uses models to imitate something.
What is a simulation?
Description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured.
What is Accuracy?