Question | Answer |
Give examples of Sciences ( 4 basic areas) | biology, chemistry, physics, earth science ... |
What is scientific inquiry ( what are 2 parts associated with inquiry) | development of explanations using a creativity rooted in unbiased observations and experimentation |
What is a theory | explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time |
What is true about most new findings in science | they causes scientists to ask more questions that require additional research.... SCIENCE IS ONGOING.... IT IS NEVER DONE |
Scientific fields are guided by research that undergoes constant | REEVALUATION .. often leads to new knowledge that is evaluated |
What is true about scientists and debate | Scientists welcome debate... they attend meetings and discuss new development often disagreements occur and additional investigations are done to back up their claims |
What is true about observations and experimentation in science | they need to be unbiased |
What does science do with new information as it is discovered | it accomodates new information as it is discovered. Our understanding of various scientific topics increases |
What kind of data is of interest to scientists | data that is not consistent with current scientific understanding. Inconsistencies lead to more investigations. |
What is true about claims made by scientists | they are based on a large amount of data and observations |
What is true about how the data and observations of scientific studies are obtained? | they are obtained from unbiased investigations and carefully controlled experimentation |
How do scientists reach conclusions | conclusions are reached from evidence gathered from their invesigations ( large amounts of data) |
What is true about scientific claims | they must be tested and supported by evidence |
What is peer review | process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientist who are in the same field and conducting similar research ( this happens before science research is made public) |
What measurement system is used by most scientists... It should make ? easier | metric .. communication easier |
What is the basis of the metric system give an example with meter, centimeter, millimeter, and kilometer... | it is based on units with divisions that are powers of ten.. .... a meter is the base unit... and a centimeter is .01 of a meter (100 centimeters = 1 meter) ... a millimeter is .001 of a meter ( 1000 millimeters = 1 meter)... and kilo is 1000 meters.. |
What are the SI units most often used | Meter for length, Gram for mass, and Liter for volume, second for time... |
What is another name for the metric system | The SI ( international system of Units)... |