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Skills of Science
Scientific Thinking
Scientific Questions
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Using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing?
100
having an attitude of doubt
What is skepticism
100
a possible answer to a scientific question
What is hypothesis
100
a summary of what you have learned from an experiment
What is a conclusion
200
deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers
What is qualitative observation
200
a scientific hypothesis must be
What is testable
200
factors taht can change in an experiment
What are variables
200
This helps scientist make make observations and ask questions
What is curiosity
300
deals with numbers, or amounts
What is quantitative
300
the grouping together of items that are alike in some ways
What is classifying
300
an experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time
What is controlled experiment
300
involves coming up with new sources and ways to help soves problems or produce new things
What is creativity
400
When you explain or interpret the things you observe
What is inferring
400
involves creating representations of complex objects or processes
What are making models
400
the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through qualitative and quantitative observations.
What is data
400
capable of accepting new and different ideas
What is open-minded
500
making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
What is predicting
500
a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
What is scientific law
500
a well-tested and widely accepted explanation of obervations and experimental results
What is scientific theory
500
writing and speaking are two ways scientists...
What is communicate