TOPIC 2 Scientific Method

Question 1

Inquiry

Answer 1

the search for information and explanation

Question 2

Theories

Answer 2

a unifying explanation of the natural world or a “body of knowledge”

Question 3

Scientific Theories

Answer 3

broad natural explanation for a wide range of natural phenomena

Question 4

Scientific Theories are:

Answer 4

 Strongly supported by many different lines of evidence and are widely accepted as valid
 Repeatedly confirmed through observation and experimentation
 Reliable accounts of the natural world

Question 5

Scientists make observations then form and test ____

Answer 5

hypothesis

Question 6

The scientific process icnludes

Answer 6

making observations (collect data), forming logical hypotheses, and testing the hypotheses

Question 7

Data

Answer 7

recorded observations of items of information

Question 8

Types of Data

Answer 8

 Qualitative data: descriptions

 Quantitative Data: recorded measurements

Question 9

Facts

Answer 9

data that has been repeatedly confirmed by observations or experimentation

Question 10

Observation leads to:

Answer 10

the formation of questions and why were seeing what we are seeing

Question 11

Inductive reasoning

Answer 11

draws conclusions through the logical process of induction

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

a tentative or proposed explanation for a set of observations based on available data guided by inductive reasoning

Question 13

A hypothesis is:

Answer 13

knowledge based, tentative (can easily be changed)

Question 14

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 14

make specific predictions that we can test with a hypothesis and uses general premises to make specific predictions (from general to specific)

Question 15

Correlation

Answer 15

relationship/association between two factors