CPO Earth Science Chapters 1 & 2

This step of the scientific method is about things you notice about the world around you. Things you see, notice, watch, listen to, or look at.

• Form a Hypothesis

• Draw Conclusions

• Test a Hypothesis

• Make Observations

How do scientists develop the questions they ask when using the Scientific Method?

• Their observations lead them to generate questions

• They find a question in a book

• They do a lot of research

What step occurs after you form a hypothesis?

• research topic

• test a hypothesis

• analyze data

A logical explanation of what you observe based on your own experience.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• inference

Scientific theories can be tested.

• True
• False

What is a law?

• Describes what happens
• Explains a process

What is a theory?

• Describes what happens
• Explains a process

Scientific theories are based on

• general assumptions of how systems work.
• mathematical principles that can be proven true.
• large amounts of data collected over time.
• observations from within only one scientific discipline.

A scientific ____________ is a statement that describes what always happens under certain conditions in nature.

• law
• theory
• method
• variable

A set of principles that explains and predicts a phenomena is called a _____. 

• scientific law
• scientific method
• scientific theory
• scientific instructor