How much do I know about science?

What is the main job of a scientist?

• Try to explain how and why things happen.

• They answer questions by doing investigations.

• They need to be curious and ask many questions.

• All of the above.

What is an investigation?

Which of these statements are true?

• Scientists are cool.

• Scientists can only study things that can be tested in a lab.

• Scientists try to explain how and why things happen in nature.

• All scientists observe and compare.

What is science?

The word science comes from the english word scientia, which means...

• Experiments

• Tools

• Method

• Knowledge

Which ones are NOT good indicators of evidence:

• Observation

• Opinions

• Models

• Feelings

Which one of these can be used as evidence to study dinosaurs?

• A fossil footprint

• A dinosaur skull

• Jurassic Park, the movies

• Some facts your scientist friend told you at lunch.

Scientists make observations and ask ___________.

What are some mistakes scientists can make?

• Jumping into conclusions too quickly.

• Changing too many variables.

• Using controls.

• Using your personal opinion.

Which one of these is are observations?

• Spider are scary and gross.

• The insect is stuck in the spider web.

• The spider has 8 legs and has a hairy body.

• I like spiders very much.