Chapter 1: Lesson 1 Flashcards
What is a pose?
To pose is to put forward a question or problem.
What is evidence?
Facts, figures, or signs that help prove a statement are all pieces of evidence.
What is science?
Science is a way of learning about the natural world. Science also includes all the knowledge gained by exploring the natural world.
What is observing?
Observing means using one or more of your senses to gather information. It also means using tools, to help your senses.
What is an inference?
When you explain or interpret the things you observe, you’re inferring, or making an inference.
What is predicting?
Predicting means making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is classifying?
Classifying is a grouping together of items that are like in some way.
What is evaluating?
Evaluating involves comparing observations and data through the conclusion about them.
What is making models?
Making models involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.
What is a variable?
A variable is a factor or factors that can change in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
The independent variable is a factor that is changed to test the hypothesis.
It does not change during the experiment itself.
What is a dependent variable?
The dependent variable changes in response to the independent variable.
What is a process?
The process is a series of actions or events.
What skills do scientists use?
Scientists use skills such as observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, evaluating, and making models to study the world.
