Scientific Inquiry & the Scientific Method

Counter Example:

• An Example that contradicts a conclusion.

• An explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence.

• A description of a natural phenomenon or principle that is supported by a significant amount of evidence and often includes mathematical terms.

• An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.

Scientific Theory:

• An Example that contradicts a conclusion.

• An explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence.

• A description of a natural phenomenon or principle that is supported by a significant amount of evidence and often includes mathematical terms.

• An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Scientific Law:

• An Example that contradicts a conclusion.

• An explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence.

• A description of a natural phenomenon or principle that is supported by a significant amount of evidence and often includes mathematical terms.

• An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.

True or false: scientific conclusions are always correct.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The following step is the first in the scientific method:

• Test the hypothesis with an experiment.

• Analyze the results and draw a conclusion.

• Conduct background research.

• Make an observation and ask a question.

Some scientific conclusions may be correct but not...

• settled

• discovered

• complete

• funny

Science must conform to the...

• government

• historical processes

• lead scientist in a committee

• scientific method

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Which of the following is an example of using science to test phenomena we cannot see?

• measuring the mass of a shoe

• measuring the pressure in a basketball

• measuring the volume of water

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Reading ancient text found in the Bible is an example of...

• operational science

• historical science

Measuring the height of a building is an example of...

• operational science

• historical science