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Chapter 1.1 Study Guide (Science Skills and Methods)

                1. What type of safety is identified by ? ___________________________.
                    (page 6)

2. What science skill are you using when you state what you think might happen in
    the future? _________________________  (page 4)
3. A measurement must include both a number and a ____________________.
    (page 4)

4. You can obtain data about the color, shape, size, and texture of an object by making an _________________________. (page 3)

5. When you group things based on how they are alike, you are using the science process skill called _____________________.

6. When it is impossible to count, you might _____________________.

7. What do scientists do to test a hypothesis? Plan an _______________________
(page 7)

8. When careful, exact measurement is needed, you ________________.

9. The systemized testing of ideas, hypotheses, predictions, and inferences about the natural world is the ___________________  method. (page 8)

10.A small copy of something (which may be drawn, built, or mental) may be used to help people understand things that could not be observed directly is known as a__________________. (page 10)

 

ANSWERS:

1. What type of safety is identified by ? _________poison_______.

2. What science skill are you using when you state what you think might happen in the
    future? ______predicting_____

3. A measurement must include both a number and a _________unit_______.

4. You can obtain data about the color, shape, size, and texture of an object by
     making _____observations______.

5. When you group things based on how they are alike, you are using the science process skill
    called classification.

6. When it is impossible to count, you might estimate.

7. What do scientists do to test a hypothesis? Plan an ____experiment_____

8. When careful, exact measurement is needed, you measure.

9. The systemized testing of ideas, hypotheses, predictions, and inferences about the
    natural world is the _______scientific method______.

10. A small copy of something (which may be drawn, built, or mental) may be used to
      help people understand things that could not be observed directly is known as a
      ______model______.
 


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