MBFNB Science Ch 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Life Science/Biology | is the study of all living things, like plants, animals, and even single-cell organisms |
Earth Science | deals with Earth and space-things like planets, stars, and rocks, studies non living things and their history |
Physical Science | is all about matter and energy, the most basic building blocks of the universe, it includes physics and chemistry |
Physics | studies how energy interacts with matter |
Chemistry | studies matter and how it transforms |
Scientific Inquiry | the process used by scientists to research a question |
Hypothesis | a prediction or proposed explanation that can be tested |
Observation | using all of your senses and scientific instruments to describe a thing or event |
Conclusion | the findings of your scientific investigation |
Quantitative | information or data based on countable measurements of something |
Qualittative | information based on the qualities of something |
Measurement | has both a unit and a number |
Background Research | looks at findings of past scientists to predict what will happen in an experiment |
Model | a representation of something that's too small or too big or too expensive to observe in real life |
Physical Model | a physical representation, ex: globe or diorama |
Computer Model | an electronic simulation, ex: simulation of changing weather patterns or 3-D simulations of people or places |
Mathematical Models | using math equations to represent something, ex: like the equation of a line or a business using past costs to predict future costs |
Law | describes WHAT happens under certain conditons |
Thoery | an explanation of WHY something happens-based on years of testing of representation |
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