What is Science?

 An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions is called:

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

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 A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: 

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

________ is the process of obtaining information by using the senses. 

• analyze
• inference
• observation
• hypothesis

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Johnny heard that he can show the way the Earth is tilted by studying the length of daylight. Every day Johnny would calculate the time of the sunrise and the sunset to determine the length of the day. After collecting this information every day for a year, what would be his next step?

• Form his hypothesis

• Write his conclusion

• Analyze the data he collected

• Create a question

Brian was flying to Orlando. When he took off in his hometown it was raining. Brian noticed the clouds were dark when the plane was taking off the ground. But, once the plane got above the cloud cover, he noticed the clouds were white. If Brian was to create an experiment about this observation, what would be his next step?

• Form a question

• Create an experiment

• Analyze data

• Create a conclusion

Using the information in the chart, what could you infer about the about of Arctic Sea Ice coverage in May of 2020

• It will continue to be lower than average.

• It will be higher than 2019

• It will be back to the median between 1981 and 2010

• It will be higher than the 1981-2010 median.

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The first classification of life was presented by Aristotle who indicated that all life was either Plant or Animal. Now in science we have 7 levels of classification. What aspect of science allows for this change?

• Science is unchangable

• Science is always changing as new technology and information is presented.

• Original science was bad science

• Science cannot be disproven

After a hypothesis is formed, what would be the next step?

• Ask a question

• Analyze data

• Form a conclusion

• conduct an experimentation.

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After you repeat an experiment over and over and come up with an idea, what should you do ?

• Invite others to repeat your experiment

• Try to make money off your conclusion

• Assume you idea is true

• Go on to another experiment

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Which is not a characteristic of science?

• Conserved to data and facts

• Open to change

• conclusions are first created then support is made

• Open to criticism

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