Progress Test Flashcards
How do scientific investigations begin?
Curiosity or a problem
What are the steps of the scientific method? 6
Purpose, research, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, and conclusion
What do you have to do if your experiment proves your hypothesis wrong?
State a new hypothesis and do a new experiment
Describe the step of purpose
State a problem
Describe research
Find out about the topic
Describe hypothesis
Predict the outcome to the problem
Describe experiment
Develop a procedure to rest your hypothesis
Describe analysis
Record results of the experiment
Conclusion
Compare the hypothesis to the experiments conclusion
What do you use to make observations?
The 5 senses
What is an inference?
Making an educated guess based on what you currently see
Describe the molecules of water in the solid phase?- ice
They are arranged in a random pattern
In which state of matter are the molecules farthest apart from each other?
Gas
In which phase are particles generally the closest?
Solid
In which state are the molecules moving around the fastest?
Gas