Scientific Process Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is Biology?
The scientific study of life
Biology is classified as which type of science?
Natural science
What helps us make better decisions about how we live?
Scientific knowledge
What processes do scientists use to study the world around them?
Questioning, Observing, Predicting, Estimating, Comparing, Classifying, Measuring, Planning, Recording, Concluding
What begins the process of experimenting?
Asking a scientific question
Define a scientific question.
A question that can be answered by gathering evidence
What does observing involve?
Using your senses to find out about things
What is predicting?
Making a sensible guess about what will happen
What does estimating refer to?
Guessing how big or small something will be
What is comparing?
Finding similarities and differences between things
What does classifying involve?
Putting things into groups according to certain rules or properties
What does measuring use?
Instruments to find out more about an object
What does planning mean in the scientific process?
Deciding how you will work and the order in which you will do the work
What is recording in the context of scientific processes?
Writing down what you have found out
What is concluding?
Getting to a final decision about how things work
True or False: Thinking like a scientist is something we only do in a lab.
False
What skills do you use when you ask a question and explore possible answers?
Skills similar to those used by scientists
