Scientific Inquiry

Question 1

What is scientific inquiry

Answer 1

Any process used to ask and answer testable questions about observations of the natural world

Question 2

Scientific inquiry characteristics

Answer 2

there are different paths
uses the steps of the scientific method
not just for scientists

Question 3

Scientific inquiry requires……

Answer 3

testable questions
collecting and analyzing data
verification

Question 4

Creativity is important for…..

Answer 4

formulating a question
designing an experiment
solving a problem
interpreting results

Question 5

1950s biologists

Answer 5

knew DNA controls heredity

did not know the structure of the DNA

Question 6

James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 6

built models of DNA using sticks and spheres
used creativity
discovered the double-helix structure

Question 7

Who is Sir Francis Bacon

Answer 7

an English Philosopher, scientist, and lawyer

Question 8

What did he discover as means of standard procedure for science

Answer 8

Baconian Method

Question 9

What did Francis Bacon believed science should be

Answer 9

practical and useful

Question 10

The basis of the scientific method

Answer 10

process of hypothesis and investigation used to ask and answer testable questions on observations

Question 11

Step 1 of the scientific method

Answer 11

ask a question based on observation

Question 12

Step 2 of the scientific method

Answer 12

form a hypothesis

Question 13

Step 3 of the scientific method

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make a prediction

Question 14

Step 4 of the scientific method

Answer 14

perform an experiment

Question 15

Step 5 of the scientific method

Answer 15

analyze the results and draw conclusions

Question 16

Step 6 of the scientific method

Answer 16

accept or reject the hypothesis

Question 17

Step 7 of the scientific method

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record and communicate the results

Question 18

Parts of a lab report: title

Answer 18

description of question

Question 19

Parts of a lab report: purpose

Answer 19

statement describing purpose of experiment

Question 20

Parts of a lab report: question

Answer 20

which you gather information for

Question 21

Parts of a lab report: hypothesis

Answer 21

question with a possible outcome, if…then….because

Question 22

Parts of a lab report: variables

Answer 22

factors that are manipulated or observed during the experiment

Question 23

Parts of a lab report: materials

Answer 23

supplies needed for experiment

Question 24

Parts of a lab report: procedure

Answer 24

list of directions

Question 25

Parts of a lab report: data

Answer 25

information recorded from experiment

Question 26

Parts of a lab report: analysis

Answer 26

description of experimental results

Question 27

Parts of a lab report: background knowledge

Answer 27

additional or prior knowledge of question

Question 28

Parts of a lab report: conclusion

Answer 28

description of what led to original question, what I learned, and suggestions for further research