Ch 2.1 What Do Scientists Do?

A_______is a possible and testable answer to a scientific question or explanation of what scientists observe in nature.

• Hypothesis

• Educated Guess

• Model

• data

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Scientists review each other's work in a process called___________.

• Peer review

• Google Search

• Scientists Don't Review Each Other's Work

• Bias

In the "Experimenting with a Forest" case study we talked about in class, what were the scientists measuring? (Pick Two)

• Dissolved Nutrients

• Water

• Timber

• Grass

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What is the purpose of science?

• To come up with hard test questions

• To figure out how nature works

• To be smart

• To make a decision and never change

What does an engineer do?

• Define problems and create solutions to those problems.

• Create problems

• Purchase beakers

• Generate arguments from feelings

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The________is the basic building block of matter.

• atom

• molecule

• isotope

• matter

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A__________ is a physical or mathematical representation of a structure or system.

• model

• data

• science

• ion

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

• element

• matter

• hypothesis

• isotope

Factual information collected by scientists

• data

• scientific laws

• ethics

• ecology

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Which of these are considered good scientific practices? You will select more than one.

• Ask questions

• Developing and using models

• Using Math

• Knowing the answer before you start

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