1.1 What is Science?

Question 1

What is science?

Answer 1

Science is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.

Question 2

The body of knowledge that scientific studies have gathered over the years.

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Science

Question 3

What are the goals of science?

Answer 3

To give
explanations for natural events, to understand patterns, and to make predictions.

Question 4

What are the parts of the scientific Methodology?

Answer 4

-Observing and Asking Questions
-Making Inferences and forming a hypothesis
-Doing Controlled Experiments
-Collecting and Analyzing Data
-Drawing conclusions

Question 5

A process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

Answer 5

Observation

Question 6

Is a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations.

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Hypothesis

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An experiment in which only one variable is changed is called a

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Controlled Experiment

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Why are variables controlled?

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Because if more than one variable is changed in an
experiment, scientists cannot easily tell which variable caused
the results.

Question 9

The variable that is changed is called?

Answer 9

Independent variable or manipulated variable

Question 10

The variable that is observed and that changes because of modifications to the independent variables is called?

Answer 10

Dependent variable or responding variable

Question 11

The group in an experiment that is
exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable

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Control group

Question 12

What means replicating the experiment?

Answer 12

When scientists need to repeat their experiment several times to see if they got the same result.

Question 13

Evidence; information gathered from observations

Answer 13

Data

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What are the two main kinds of data?

Answer 14

-Quantitative Data
-Qualitative Data

Question 14

In this data, are numbers found by counting or measuring

Answer 14

Quantitative Data

Question 15

In this data, describe things that cannot be counted

Answer 15

-Qualtitative Data

Question 16

A(n) ________ is a possible explanation for a set of observations.

Answer 16

hypothesis

Question 17

If you measure the width of this book with a ruler, you are collecting ______.

Answer 17

data

Question 18

A good experiment should have an experimental group and a(n) ____________.

Answer 18

Contral Group

Question 19

Scientists use data to make_______.

Answer 19

Interference

Question 20

Is a conclusion or logical interpretation based on
prior knowledge or experience.

Answer 20

Interference

Question 21

Scientists generate hypotheses using?

Answer 21

Prior knowledge, logical interference and informed, creative imagination.

Question 22

Some hypotheses are tested by performing

Answer 22

Controlled experiments

Question 23

Other hypotheses are tested by?

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Gathering more data