1.

List the Three branches of science- Physical, Earth, and Life Science
2. What should a scientist do if a hypothesis is not supported by an experiment.Recreate the experiment
3. List 3 ways scientist communicate results to others? Email, Cell phones, Science
conventions.
4. List four tools scientist use to analyze results and help them recognize patterns?
Science journals, thermometers, calculators
5. List three products of scientific inquiry. Ask questions, making a hypothesis,
making an inference
6. What is an explanation of observations of events based on knowledge gained from
many observations and investigations called? Scientific Theory
7. What describes a pattern or an event in nature that is always true? Scientific law
8. When you are sceptical of claims in the media what should you do? Ask scientific
questions like what is the mechanism of action.
9. Name three scientific tools that would be used by scientist? Calculator, test tube,
Graduated cylinder
10. The variable that is changed by the investigator in an experiment is called the
independent variable.
11. The variable in the in the experiment that is measured by the investigator is the
dependent variable.
12. One example of technology that is commonly used by scientist is computers.
13. A prediction statement that can be tested is a __Hypothesis__.v
14. In a controlled experiment there are usually two groups, what are they? Control
group and experimental group
15. What is a factor in an experiment that does not change? Controlled variable
16. Why do scientist conduct controlled experiments? To prove other experiments,
revolve problems, find answers.
17. The process of learning more about the natural world is called a __observation_.
18. A prediction about a problem that can be tested is a hypothesis .
19. Science can not answer questions about _ opinions or religion__.
20. What are the three branches of science? Life, Physical, Earth and Space
21. To evaluate the observations you make, you must use _The scientific Method___.
22. What is a statement about what will happen next in a sequence of events called? A
prediction
23. What is the factor measured or observed during an experiment called? Independent
variable
24. A logical conclusion based on available information or evidence is called an
inference.
25. The act of watching and recording what occurs, is known as _observing____.
26. Write the following steps of the scientific method in the correct order.
(Identify the Problem.) 1
(Analyze Data.) 4
(Test the Hypothesis.) 3
(Formulate a Hypothesis.) 2
27. What type of observation uses numbers to describe that observation. Quantitative
data
28. What is the name of the system of units used by scientists internationally that is
based on units of 10? International system of units
29. What is a prediction or statement that can be tested called? hypothesis
30. What type of observation uses words to describe that observation.

31. Are all important scientific discoveries made by professional scientists? No

35. Is laboratory safety an important concern for scientists?YES
36. How could an experiment still be useful and a success if the results do not support
the hypothesis? Because you can change the hypothesis so you will know next
time.
37. When new discoveries are made that show pseudoscience to be wrong, what does
pseudoscience usually do? Change it