Scientific Models

Identifying patterns in data is one important step in making good models

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Showing that a model is wrong, and needs improvement, is helpful to the process of science.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Once a model is accepted by the scientific community it cannot be changed

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

When scientists change models, they usually become less useful

• True

• False

Some models are exactly like the real thing they represent

• True

• False

More than one “acceptable” model is possible for a given system

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT a reason why models are useful?

• Make predictions about the future

• They show us exactly how something works

• Help us explain our observations

• Make it easier to understand things we cannot see

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

All weather models are "wrong." However, what makes them "useful?"

• they are exactly like the real thing

• they provide us with new information

• they make inaccurate predictions

• they can make observations of the future

Which of the following is the best explanation as to why all models are wrong?

• Because we can't make observations of the future

• They help explain data

• They are not the real thing

• Because they are based only on what we already know

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Scientific models can be used to carry out experiments.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-3