Question | Answer |
Observing | Use your 5 senses to find out what is goign on around you. |
5 Senses | Sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. |
Compare | To observe how things or events are ALIKE. |
Contrast | To observe how things or events are DIFFERENT. |
Data | Information collected when something is observed. Usually in the form of numbers. |
Model | A tool scientists use to represent an object or process; can be 3-dimensional, a drawing, a diagram, or a computer image. |
Simulation | A computer model that usually shows a process. |
Measuring | Compares an unknown value with a known value, expressed in units. |
Length | The distance from one point to another point. |
Area | Length multiplied by width. |
Mass | The amount of matter in something, metric unit in grams. |
Volume | The amount of space an object takes up, unit in liters in the metric system. |
Temperature | A measure of the amount of heat energy something contains. |
Fahrenheit Scale | English system of measurement for temperature. |
Celcius Scale | Metric unit of temperature.Unit of temperature most of used in Science. |
Kelvin Scale | Syteme Intertnational (SI) unit of temperature. |
Communication | Sharing information. |
Analyzing | Organizing data in a logical order. |
Graphs | Show patterns in data.For example, bar, line, or circle. |
Infer | To form a conclusion based on past experience or observations. |
Predict | To state ahead of time what you think will happen. |