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Science Study Guide Getting Ready for Science Name___________________
Define each vocabulary word.
1. balance
2. experiment
3. inquiry
4. investigate
5. microscope
6. scientific method
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which tool led to the discovery of bacteria and other tiny things living in water?
2. What tool should you use to measure the mass of a rock sample?
3. What are three tools that are not used to measure matter?
4. What inquiry skill would you use to organize objects into groups based on similar characteristics (like color, shape, or size)?
5. Define the inquiry skill “observe.” Give an example of how you could observe which food a dog likes best.
6. What does “infer” mean in science? If you saw that bicycles with wide tires rode on dirt and bicycles with narrow tires ride on the paved road, what might you infer?
7. Why might scientists build models?
8. Which tool would give different results in space than on Earth, even when measuring the same object? Why?
9. What is usually the first step in the scientific method?
10. How could two scientists settle a disagreement about the results of an experiment?
11. What should you always do first before starting an experiment in the lab?
12. Why should you never eat during an experiment?
13. Why can long hair or loose clothing be dangerous in the lab?
14. A student does an experiment and discovers that sugar water takes longer to freeze than plain water. What is another question the student could investigate that is based on the results of this experiment?
15. How is an investigation different from an experiment?
16. What are variables? Give two or more examples of variables in the paper airplane investigation.
17. If you do an experiment that has more than one variable, can you make any conclusions based on the results? (Example: If you tested the effect of music on plants and used different kinds of plants and different kinds of music and different amounts of light, could you conclude that rock and roll makes plants grow taller?) Explain.
