Scientific Inquiry

The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations.

• science

• social studies

• math

What is the the study of matter and energy?

• Earth science

• Physical science

• Life science

What is the study of life and the processes that occur in living organisms, such and plants and animals?

• Earth science

• Life science

• Physical science

__________ is a process that uses a variety of skills and tools to answer questions or test ideas.

• prediction

• microscope

• scientific inquiry

What is the first step in the process of scientific inquiry?

• experiment

• make observations and ask questions

• collect data

__________ are the results of using one or more of your senses to gather information and take notes of what happens.

• observations

• theories

• predictions

A __________ is a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.

• prediction

• theory

• branch of science

A scientist who won two Nobel Prizes for her work with radioactivity in the early 1900s. She was the only woman to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields of science.

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Curie

• Ivan Pavlov