Unit 1 Lesson 5: What Kinds of Modes Do Scientist Use?

A ___________ represents something real that is too big, too small, too far away or has too many parts to investigate directly.

• model

• picture

• graph

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A __________ has length and width. It can be a drawing, a diagram, or a map.

• model

• two-dimensional model

• graph

A ____________ has length, width, and height.

• two-dimensional model

• three-dimensional model

• model

• picture

A _____________ is a computer program that models an event of an object.

• computer program

• model

• two-dimensional figure

These kinds of models can save lives _________________.

• weather

• satellite

• two-dimensional model

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A device that sends weather images back to Earth __________________.

• mental model

• weather

• satellite

In this type of model, a measurement on the model stands for a meaurment on the real thing _________________.

• scale model

• real-time

• 2-dimensional model

Data that scientists can use as soon as it is collected __________________

• mental model

• two-dimensional model

• real-time

A scientist that studies the weather is _________________.

• botanist

• zoologist

• meteorologist

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