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3. Identify the skill that scientists use when they listen/see/touch/ to the
behaviour of whales.
5. CORRECT/INCORRECT statements……
• A single study may have one or many hypotheses. TRUE
• Scientists learn something from both valid and invalid hypotheses.
TRUE
• Scientists may start over with a new hypothesis and conduct a
new experiment. TRUE
• Invalid hypotheses give scientists an opportunity to look at the
initial observation in a new way. TRUE
• Quantitative data is a form of primary data. TRUE
• Qualitative data is not a primary data as it is subjective. FALSE
• Primary data is collected with the research project in mind. TRUE
• Primary data may be gathered from surveys, interviews, or
experiments. TRUE
• Secondary data should be used as reference only. FALSE
• Secondary data may include books, maps and websites. TRUE
• Secondary data should not be used to supplement your primary
data as it was originally collected for other research purposes.
• Secondary data may include censuses, information collected by
government departments and organizational records. TRUE
• divergent type of question stimulates creative thinking. TRUE
• divergent type of question encourages critical thinking. TRUE
• divergent type of question are mostly close-ended questions.
FALSE
Premi (I am not sure of the answers)
• divergent type of question are mostly open-ended questions.
TRUE
• Analyzing data from a well-designed study helps the researcher
answer questions. TRUE
• Keeping well-organized data during the collection process will make
the analysis step easier. TRUE
• With this data, scientists draw conclusions that further the research
and contribute to future studies.
7. In SI, if the hypotheses were testable and the experiment provided clear
findings, the scientists can:
• learn from the results of the findings that refuted their hypotheses
• make a statement telling whether or not their hypotheses were correct
• Theories?
• Technology?
• scientific method?
• deductive reasoning?
SECTION B - 60 marks
1.
a. Explain SIX (6) basic steps of scientific inquiry.
i. Making observations- 5 senses
ii. Pose a question – factual, divergent, convergent,
evaluative
iii. Creating hypothesis - prediction
iv. Conducting experiment – collecting and analysing
data, testing hypothesis
v. Drawing conclusion- answering for the original
research question
vi. Report- info shared with scientific community & public
3. SDG situation