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7th Science - NOS 4 What is Science? Flashcards

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1
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What is the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations?

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science

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What are the three major categories of Science?

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  1. Life Science
  2. Earth Science
  3. Physical Science
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What is the study of all living things?

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Life Science

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What is the study of chemistry and physics?

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Physical Science

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What is the study of the earth including its landforms, rocks, soil, and forces that shape it’s surface?

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Earth Science

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What is the process that uses a variety of skills and tools to answer questions or to test ideas about the natural world?

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scientific inquiry

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What are the steps in the scientific inquiry?

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  1. Ask questions
  2. Gather information through research
  3. Form a hypothesis
  4. Test the hypothesis
  5. Analyze data
  6. Draw conclusions
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What is using one or more of your senses to gather information and take note of what occurs?

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observation

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What is a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience?

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inference

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What is the most important thing when gather information through research?

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Using reliable sources

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What is a possible explanation about an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations?

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hypothesis

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In what form is a hypothesis made?

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Always in the form of a statement

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What is a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events?

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Prediction - educated guess

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Name some ways to test a hypothesis.

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  1. design an experiment
  2. make a model
  3. gather and evaluate evidence
  4. collect data/record observations
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What is a quantity that can have more than a single value? (All the factors that will affect the thing you are studying.)

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Variable

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What are the four types of variables?

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  1. Dependent Variable
  2. Independent Variable
  3. Constant
  4. Control
17
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What changes according to the changes of the independent variable; the thing you are testing for; outcome?

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Dependent Variable

18
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What is the variable that is changed to test the effect on the dependent variable; the thing that your comparing?

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Independent Variable

19
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What are all the factors that do not change when other things change?

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Constant

20
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What is the standard by which the test results can be compared?

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Control

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What are you doing after analyzing data when you are deciding if your results support or do not support your hypothesis?

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Draw conclusions

22
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Before publishing, scientists investigations go through what?

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Peer Review

23
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Do scientists need to be objective in reporting results and performing investigations?

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Yes, otherwise there would be a bias

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What is an explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations which CAN be modified?

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scientific theory

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What is a statement about what happens in nature and that seems to be true all the time and CANNOT be disproven?

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scientific law

26
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What can be used to explain a law?

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a scientific theory

27
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What is the amount of space occupied by an object?

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Volume

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How would you determine volume?

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Volume=Length x Width x Height

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What is the measurement of quantity of matter in an object.?

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Mass

30
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What is the mass per unit volume of a material?

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Density

31
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How would you determine density?

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Density=Mass/Volume

32
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What is the application of scientific knowledge to benefit people?

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Technology

33
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Name the types of technology.

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  1. Objects (ink pen, calculator)
  2. Methods or techniques (how books are printed)
  3. Knowledge or skills (use of a complex machine)
  4. Systems (airline industry)
34
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What is any technological application using living things or living systems?

A

Biotechnology

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