Chapter 1 Nature of Science Exam

Which choices describes a scientific law?

Which type of observation uses words?

Explains why a natural event occurs.

Which type of science uses scientific knowledge to apply to the real world?

Which variable goes on the y axis?

Which type of graph is best for data that shows parts of a whole?

Qualitative and Quantitative are types of _____________________.

Does not receive the independent variable.

The standard for comparison is the _____________________.

A method for studying the natural world.

Variable that you are measuring (responding variable).

The main branches of natural sciences are __________________________.

What variable goes on the x axis?

The variable that you control and change (manipulated variable).

Variables that are kept the same throughout the experiment.

What are the two branches of physical science?

The scientific method starts with ______________________________.

Which type of observation uses numbers?

What should a scientist do after asking a question?

How do scientists test their hypothesis?

Which type of science is research just for the sake of knowing?

Which choices describes a scientific law?

Statement or equation that describes a natural process.

Thinking logically to solve a problem is know as _____________________.

A system of ideas that EXPLAINS many related observations.

Which graph is best for data that shows change over TIME?