Scientific Foundations

Why do scientists use models?

• To show that they can do it

• To study really big and really small things

• To obey the Nature of Science

• For the scientific method

Which is an example of qualitative data?

• 30 miles

• Green eyes

• 6 hours

• 17 degrees

______________ are scientists who study stars, planets and other bodies in space.

• Chemist

• Geologist

• Meteorologist

• Astronomer

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Which is not something that scientist do in the scientific method?

• Ask a question

• Give a theory

• Test a hypothesis

• Form a conclusion

One of the factors that can change in an experiment is called a --

• variable

• theory

• hypothesis

• observation

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The information that a scientist gets from observation is called --

• hypothesis

• variable

• data

• control

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Using your observation skills, what topic will we be covering today?

• energy

• weather

• climate

• solar system

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An explanation that can be tested by observation or experiment is called --

• experiment

• theory

• hypothesis

• fact

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A scientist who studies the features of the earth by water, wind and waves is a --

• oceanographer

• geologist

• meteorologist

• environmental scientist

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One way in which scientists test a hypothesis is by

• asking questions

• drawing conclusions

• interpreting data

• conducting an experiment

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