What is a Scientist and what does a scientist do?

What is a scientist?

• Someone who knows everything about the world around us.

• Someone who studies and answers questions about the world around us.

• Someone who pretends to know everything about the world around us?

• Someone who only studies plants and animals.

Answer explanation

A scientist is someone who studies and answers questions about the world around us.

What does observe mean?

• to read something

• to know all the answers

• to test something out

• use any of your 5 senses to learn about the world

Answer explanation

Observe means to use any of the 5 senses to learn about the world.

The 5 senses are:

see

smell

hear

taste

touch

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A geologist is a type of scientist.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A geologist is a type of scientist who studies the solid parts of earth.

 

Compare means ________.

• tell how 2 or more things are alike or different.

• how big or small something is

• to draw a map

• to be bendable.

Answer explanation

Compare means to tell how two or more things are alike or different.

For example:

If I compared an apple to an orange, I could say they are alike because they are both fruit and come from trees. I could also say they are different because one is orange and the other is red.

Investigate means _______.

• to use your 5 senses

• try to learn something new, to test something.

• to read about something

• scientist

Answer explanation

Investigate means to try to learn more about something, to test something.

For example:

Today we investigated which ingredients would be the stickiest for our glue recipe.

In science, record means _____.

• to make a picture or movie in your head.

• to tell how 2 or more things are alike or different.

• to write or draw what you learned.

• to taste how spicy something is.

Answer explanation

In science, record means to write or draw what you learned.

Visualize means ______.

• to make a picture or movie in your head.

• to record something.

• to investigate something.

• to take a test.

Answer explanation

Visualize means to make a picture or movie in your head about something that you learned or about something that happened.

Communicate means

• to talk to each other to share ideas.

• to compare something.

• to look at plants.

• to study about landforms.

Answer explanation

Communicate means to talk to each other to share ideas.

What do scientists do?

• observe and investigate

• read, record, and visualize

• compare and communicate

• observe, investigate, read, record, compare, visualize, and communicate.

Answer explanation

What scientists do:

To answer questions, scientists ___.

observe

investigate

read

record

compare

visualize

communicate

What are the 5 senses?

• see, taste, grow, smell, talk

• head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes

• see, taste, smell, hear, feel

• clear, bumpy, sour, sticky, crunchy

Answer explanation

The 5 senses are:

see

smell

taste

hear

feel

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