Worksheets1.2 Scientific Knowledge (Ms. Long's Class)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What Makes good scientific knowledge?
Theories and Models
Models and claims
Science and Theories
Evidence and Reasoning
(True or False) Models can represent things that are too far away or too small to see.
True
False
Any hunch you have is as good as a scientific theory.
True
False
Scientific laws can be thought of as general descriptions of what we see happening around us
True
False
What is Law?
Describes a basic principle of nature that always occurs under certain conditions.
Evidence Reasoning
Milky Way Galaxy
Describes knowledge of the natural world
Albert Einstein was a famous
Doctor
Violinist
Scientist
This makes it easier to understand things that can't be observed directly.
theory
model
hypothesis
A well tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results.
scientific law
scientific theory
hypothesis
A statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature.
scientific theory
scientific law
hypothesis
What makes a good source?
Advertising Agency
Personal Page
Science
Government or University source
Plate Tectconics?
A Large object like the sun
A Dark Matter
Galaxy Milky Way
Division of individual plates (Splitting)
What Continent is Letter D?
North America
Eurasia
Antartica
Africa
Plate boundaries in northeast Iceland, you can see the ground splitting.
True
False
Maps are one example of ______________.
Love
Scientific Model
Plates
Hypothesis
___________ Is all land was once one big mega-continent.
Mountain
Mars
Earth
Pangea
