Unit 1 Lesson 1: What Do Scientists Do?

True or False: Evidence is data gathered during an investigation.

• True
• False

A person that asks questions about the natural world is a...

• musician
• historian
• scientist

What is the study of the natural world.

• science
• social studies
• math

What are the three types of scientist mentioned on page 5?

Scientists work in...

• teams
• alone
• both

What is information collected using the five senses.

• experiments
• observations
• hypothesis

Why do scientists conduct an investigation?

• to answer questions
• to mess around
• so they can get paid

An hypothesis is....

• when you use your five senses
• an idea or explanation that can be tested with an investigation
• when you analyze your data

Taste, touch, sight, sound, and __________ are our five senses. Write the missing sense on the line below.

True or False: You can always do an experiment to find the answer to a question you have about the world around you.

• True
• False