Methods and Models (SC.7.N.1.5)

A representation of an object

• thing

• model

• objecti

• flower

reason to use a model

• they are fun

• they don't do anything

• to represent things very small or very large

• Rodriguez said.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Models are used to better understand a complex thing.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Different models can be helpful because they may show different information about the same phenomenon.

• true

• false

Models help ___________ think about possible answers to their questions about phenomena.

• artists

• painters

• scientists

• ice dancers

Different models can be helpful because they may show different information about the same phenomenon. All models have advantages and disadvantages.

• true

• false

Scientists evaluate their own models and revise them when necessary. For example, new __________ make scientists think about a phenomenon in a new way.

• stuff

• eggs

• data

• light

A good scientific _____________ is consistent, meaning that it can account for all existing evidence.

• world

• mole

• matter

• model

____________________ is the study of how energy effects matter

• observation
• physics
• meteorology
• science

________________ is the study of history, structure, and formation of the earth

• geology
• matter
• law
• biology