What is science

Question 1

What is science?

Answer 1

Science is the organized and purposeful study of the world around us.
Science is trying to find out how or why something happens.

Question 2

What is a scientist?

Answer 2

A scientist is someone who studies any aspect of science in order to answer scientific questions.

Question 3

What is process in science?

Answer 3

This is the procedure undertaken by a scientist to answer scientific questions.
This is the procedure undertaken by a scientist to answer scientific questions.

Question 4

What is meant by the product?

Answer 4

This refers to the scientific knowledge that have been accumulated over the years.

Question 5

Give four examples of product?

Answer 5

Reports, theories, laws, principles

Question 6

List the steps of the scientific process in order

Answer 6

Observe, Research, Hypothesise, Experiment, Analyse, Repeat, Report

Question 7

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 7

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 8

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 8

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 9

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 9

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 9

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 9

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 10

List five attitudes of scientists

Answer 10

Curiosity, Logic, open-mindedness, Productivity, and discipline

Question 11

Give another term that can be used for process.

Answer 11

Procedure

Answer 12

Outcomes

Question 13

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 13

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 13

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 13

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 13

List five attitudes of scientists

Answer 13

Curiosity, Logic, open-mindedness, Productivity, and discipline

Answer 13

Outcomes

Question 14

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 14

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 14

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 14

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 14

List five attitudes of scientists

Answer 14

Curiosity, Logic, open-mindedness, Productivity, and discipline

Question 14

This refers to the scientific knowledge that have been accumulated over the years.

Answer 14

Outcomes

Question 15

Define the meaning of the word repetition in science

Answer 15

When the same scientist repeats the same experiment in the same location

Question 16

Define the meaning of the word replication in science.

Answer 16

When other scientists produce the same study in a different location

Question 17

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 17

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 17

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 17

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 17

Give another term that can be used for product

Answer 17

Outcomes

Question 17

List five attitudes of scientists

Answer 17

Curiosity, Logic, open-mindedness, Productivity, and discipline

Question 18

What is a scientific law?

Answer 18

A scientific law is the description of an observed occurrence.
It doesn’t explain why the phenomenon exists or what causes it.

Question 19

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 19

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 19

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 19

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 19

Give two examples of scientific laws.

Answer 19

Law of Gravity
Laws of motion

Question 19

List five attitudes of scientists

Answer 19

Curiosity, Logic, open-mindedness, Productivity, and discipline

Question 20

Give another term that can be used for product

Answer 20

Outcomes

Question 21

Name a scientist and one of his/her important scientific contributions.

Answer 21

Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity and contribution the calculus in Mathematics

Question 21

Name two branches of science and for each, state what area is studied.

Answer 21

Meteorology-The study of weather
Astronomy- The study of space and the universe

Question 21

List five attitudes of scientists

Answer 21

Curiosity, Logic, open-mindedness, Productivity, and discipline

Question 21

Give another term that can be used for product

Answer 21

Outcomes

Question 22

What is a scientific theory

Answer 22

A scientific theory is a well-supported explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment.
It is NOT a suggestion or guess

Question 23

Give an example of two scientific theories and explain what they are

Answer 23

Climate Change is well researched and supported by years of data and suggests that human actions has supported the change in climate by promoting global warming.

The Theory of evolution by natural selection, states that organisms change over time as a result of changes inherited from parents that provide it an advantage to living/