End of Year Review

Kelly loves animals. What might she study in college?

• oceanography

• zoology

• meteorology

• chemistry

What is astronomy?

• the study of matter and its interactions

• the study of plants

• the study of oceans

• the study of space

What is technology?

• knowledge of the natural world based on observations and experiments

• the study of all living things

• the use of knowledge, tools and materials to solve everyday problems

• a forecast about what will happen in the future

Technology that is no longer used is called ________ technology.

• coexisting

• obsolete

• emerging

• current

When you use your senses to gather information, you are making an _________________.

• observation

• inference

If you spill or break something during an experiment, what is the FIRST thing you should do?

• Tell the teacher.

• Cover it with a paper towel.

• Clean it up.

The _________________ is a series of steps used to solve a problem.

• metric system

• prediction

• scientific method

• hypothesis

What is the first step of the scientific method?

• Gather Information

• State the problem

• Collect and Record Data

• Conclusion

The metric system is based on the number ___________.

• 5

• 10

• 12

• 100

Triple beam balances measure ________________.

• volume

• length

• mass

• weight