Nature of Science

What is the main purpose of a scientific investigation?

Which of these is important to gathering and interpreting scientific information?

Ethan made a model of a tree house using 1in:4ft. His model is 7 inches tall, how tall should he build the tree house

Which describes an experimental investigation?

Which is based on proven facts?

What can the sample be called before it is changed by the independent variable?

DNA is a molecule found in all cells. How does this model of DNA help investigate DNA/cells?

Which list includes all the steps of a descriptive investigation?

Emma is tardy 3/5 days a week and wonders why her grade in math is dropping. What are her dropping grades considered?

The dependent variable

Scientific Theory uses math to describe patterns and relationships

Why is publishing results important in science?

Describing means

Students are observing differences/similarities of species of squirrels. Which type of investigation are they doing?

What is the main benefit of this model over a flat map?

A bias is a prejudice or personal opinion.

Which of these are part of the scientific way of gathering information?

Pseudoscience is claim, assumptions and methods thought to be based on science but are not actually scientific.

Which statement is a hypothesis?

If a scientist gets unexpected results during the first trial of an experiment, what should he/she do next?

Which statement describes a claim that is based on science?

How are scientific theories and laws developed?

What is the difference between descriptive/comparative investigation and experimental investigation?

For an experiment to produce useful data, what must happen?

Here is a model of a pond. The scale is 1:25. The model shows the pond as 4 cm. How deep is the real pond?