what is science?

Science is a way of _______, observing, testing, and organizing knowledge about ANYTHING

• smelling

• seeing

• hearing

• thinking

The correct format for a hypothesis is

• I think.... because

• If... , Then....

• this is true.... because........

• What? When?

What does Biology mean?

• The study of rocks

• The study of life

• The study of stars

• The study of fire

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 (data) 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

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.

Analyze the data in the chart. If you were to add a 7th subject, according to the data, what would you infer to be the relationship between the pupils in the light and dark?

• Pupils in the light would be larger than in the dark

• There would be no change in the pupil diameter

• Pupil diameter would be larger in the dark than in the light

• There is not enough information to make this inference

hypothesis: If plants are given vinegar, then they will grow taller.

Does the data support or refute the hypothesis and why

• support, every week after the first, the plants with vinegar are taller than the plants with water

• refute, Plants with only water grow taller

• support, Plants with vinegar are shorter

• refute, There is no correlation between the height of the plant and if vinegar was added.

A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge (or more simple put an educated guess) is known as:

• theory

• experiment

• observation

• hypothesis

________ is the process of obtaining information (facts) by using the senses.

• analyze

• inference

• observation

• hypothesis

________ is a conclusion based on evidence from data and reasoning that is an opinion or an attempt to explain.

• analyze

• inference

• observation

• qualitative observation