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Tools of Environmental Science #scientificmethod #toolsofenvironmentalscience
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A ____ is a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis
Data
Models
Values
Variables
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_________ is the collection and classification of data that are in forms of numbers.
Statistics
probability
Model
Distribution
3
The chance that something will happen is called
probability
Sample
risk
distribution
4
This step of the scientific method involves scientists putting data into graphs/tables
Repeating experiments
Hypothesizing and predicting
Communicating results
Organizing and analyzing data
5
Maps and charts are examples of this type of model.
Conceptual model
Mathematical model
Physical model
Graphical model
6
A logical statement about what will happen if the hypothesis is correct is called a ____
Model
Prediction
Values
Conclusion
7
Risk is the ________ of a negative outcome.
Event
Statistic
Probability
Sample
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The ___ is the part of the experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Data
Control group
Correlation
Experimental group
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Which step of the scientific method involves making an observation?
hypothesis
purpose
research
analyze
10
___ are representations of objects or systems
Values
Models
Variables
Data
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A flow chart is an example of which kind of model?
Physical model
Graphical model
Mathematical model
Conceptual model
12
Watson and Crick’s model of DNA is an example of what kind of model?
Graphical model
Conceptual model
Mathematical model
Physical model
13
A ____ is a verbal or graphical explanation of how a system works or is organized
Mathematical model
Physical model
Conceptual model
Graphical model
14
____ is the information gathered in experiments that is often organized in numbers
Statistics
Data
Values
Distribution
15
In an experiment, the __ is being tested on the experimental group but not on the control group
Hypothesis
Data
Experiment
Variable
16
____indicates a normal distribution where the data is grouped symmetrically around the mean
Decision making model
Bell Shaped Curve
Conceptual model
Physical model
17
A ____ is the relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population
Model
Data
Values
Distribution
18
A ____ model is one or more equations that represents the way a system or process works
Graphical
Physical
Conceptual
Mathematical
19
What is a good example of how we use statistics in everyday life?
Assessing risk
Weather
News
All of these
20
Principles or standards that we consider to be important are called
Data
Correlation
Statistics
Values
21
A ___ is a group of individuals or events selected to represent the population.
model
population
sample
distribution
22
_____ is the association between two or more events
Variable
Probability
Distribution
Correlation
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A ___ is a testable idea or explanation that leads to a scientific investigation
Hypothesis
Prediction
Correlation
Value
