Enquiry Process

Question 1

What is the independent variable?

Answer 1

-> The one we change.

Question 2

What is the dependent variable?

Answer 2

-> The one we measure.

Question 3

What is the control variable?

Answer 3

-> The one that stays the same.

Question 4

What makes a good scientific question?

Answer 4

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• Open question
• Dependent/independent variable
• It needs to have something you can measure or take data from.

Question 5

What is an Observational Enquiry?

Answer 5

-> You carry out an investigation in order to find something observational.

Question 6

What is a Pattern Seeking Enquiry?

Answer 6

-> You carry out an investigation to find a pattern.

Question 7

What does an answer need to be to communicate an idea properly?

Answer 7

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• Clear => Easy to read and understand.
• Concise => Describe/explain as much as possible in as few words as possible.
• Correct => Scientific vocabulary should be correct and right.
• Coherent => Logical, well organised and easy to understand.

Question 8

What is the difference between primary and secondary data?

Answer 8

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Primary data is first-hand data collected by you, whereas secondary data is data that has been collected previously by someone else.

Question 9

What do you need to dio to critique a claim?

Answer 9

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• State and claim precisely
• Look at evidence given
• Look at the type of evidence given

Question 10

What is a law?

Answer 10

-> a theory you can express with a concise statement.

Question 11

What is a theory?

Answer 11

-> Explanation for patterns we see in data supported by scientific evidence.

Question 12

What is a model?

Answer 12

• A way of representing something that is too difficult to display.

Question 13

What is argumentation?

Answer 13

-> This is the process of using logival reasoning to debate and negotiate.