6th - Science NOS Lesson 1 Notes Revised

Question 0

What is the study of Earth, including rocks, soils, oceans, and the atmosphere?

Answer 0

Earth Science

Question 1

What are the three main branches of science?

Answer 1

Earth, Life and Physical

Question 2

What is the study of living things?

Answer 2

Life Science

Question 3

What is the study of matter and energy?

Answer 3

Physical Science

Question 4

What are the steps in scientific inquiry?

Answer 4

1. Ask Questions
2. Hypothesis and Predict
3. Test Hypothesis
4. Analyze Results
5. Draw Conclusions
6. Communicate Results
7. Further Scientific Inquiry

Question 5

What are some examples of outcomes of scientific inquiry?

Answer 5

Technology, New Materials, and Possible Explanations

Question 6

Distinguish two ways in which new information might affect a scientific theory.

Answer 6

1. If supports theory, there is no change

2. If does not support or opposes, theory might be modified or rejected altogether

Question 7

What tests the effect of one thing on another using a control?

Answer 7

Experiment

Question 8

How many variables does an experiment usually contain?

Answer 8

Two

Question 9

What is a quantity that can have more than a single value?

Answer 9

Variable

Question 10

What types of variables are there?

Answer 10

Dependent, Independent, Constant, and Control

Question 11

What changes according to the changes of the independent variable - the thing you are testing for?

Answer 11

Dependent Variable

Question 12

What is the variable that is changed to test the effect on the dependent variable - the thing that you are comparing?

Answer 12

Independent Variable

Question 13

What are all the factors that do not change when other things change?

Answer 13

Constant

Question 14

What is the standard by which the test results can be compared?

Answer 14

Control

Question 15

For experiment results to be valid and reliable, the ______ results must occur each time the experiment is repeated.

Answer 15

Same

Question 16

Can a scientific theory be modified?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Can a scientific law be disproven?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

Is an exact quantity that people agree to use to compare measurement?

Answer 18

Standard

Question 19

The amount of space occupied by an object?

Answer 19

Volume

Question 20

How do get volume?

Answer 20

Length x Width x Height

Question 21

What is the measurement of quantity of matter in an object?

Answer 21

Mass

Question 22

What is mass per unit of volume of a material?

Answer 22

Density

Question 23

How do you get density?

Answer 23

Mass/Volume

Question 24

What are examples of life scientists

Answer 24

Marine biologist, botany, medicine

Question 25

What are examples of physical sciences

Answer 25

Nuclear physicist, chemist, biochemist

Question 26

example of Earth scientist

Answer 26

Astronauts, astronomers, geologists

Question 27

What is science

Answer 27

• A method for studying the natural world
• from the Latin word “scientia” which means knowledge
• process by which we find out answers to questions or problems

Question 28

What is the scientific method or scientific inquiry

Answer 28

1) When you ask a question or state the problem, 2)gather information for research,
3) form a hypothesis,
4) test the hypothesis,
5) analyze the data,
6) draw conclusions,
7) decide hypothesis is correct or incorrect