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7th Grade: Science
Introduction Into Life Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Jane Goodall? | She is a scientist who studied chimps. She observed many unique things about them. |
| What is Science? | Science is a way of learning about the natural world. |
| What types of skills do scientist use? | Scientists use skills such as observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models to learn more about the world. |
| Observing | Observing means using one or more of your senses to gather information. |
| What are your senses? | Your senses include: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. |
| What is a quantitative observation? | Quantitative observations deal with numbers or amounts. |
| What is a qualitative observation? | Qualitative observations deal with descriptions that can not be expressed in numbers. Ex: Noticing a bicycle is blue. |
| What is inferring? | Inferring means you explain or interpret the things you observe. |
| What is predicting? | Predicting means making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience of evidence. |
| What's the difference between a prediction and an inference? | A prediction is a forecast of what WILL happen. An inference is an attempt to explain what IS happening or what HAS happened. |
| What is classifying? | Classifying is the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way. |
| Explain making models. | Creating a representation of a complex object or process. |
| What is scientific inquiry? | Scientific inquiry refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather. |
| What is a hypothesis? | Hypothesis is a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question. |
| Hypothesis | MUST be testable. Researchers must be able to carry out investigations. |
| Variables | Variables are factors that can change in an experiment. |
| Controlled Experiment | Experiment in which only ONE variable is manipulated. |
| Manipulated Variable | A variable that is changed to test a hypothesis. |
| Responding Variable | A factor that can change the response to a manipulated variable. |
| Operational Variable | A statement that describes how to measure a variable or define a term. |
| Data | Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations. |
| Communicating | The sharing of ideas and experimental findings with others through writing and speaking. |
| Successful scientists possess certain important attitudes, or habits of mind such as: | Curiosity, Honesty, Open Mindedness or Skepticism, Creativity. |
| What is technology? | How people change the world around them to meet their needs and solve practical problems. |
| What is the goal of technology? | Improvement |
| How are science and technology related? | Science is the study of the natural world to understand how it functions. Technology changes or modifies the natural world to meet human needs to solve problems. |
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