What Is Science?
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
True or False
1. Scientists work together to discover answers to questions.
__ True __ False
2. Scientists usually do each of their experiments many times.
__ True __ False
3. Scientists' hypotheses and predictions are never wrong.
__ True __ False
4. Questions are not important to scientists.
__ True __ False
5. Science is an orderly way of learning about things.
__ True __ False
Matching Write the number of the definition next to the word it defines.
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
True or False
1. Scientists work together to discover answers to questions.
__ True __ False
2. Scientists usually do each of their experiments many times.
__ True __ False
3. Scientists' hypotheses and predictions are never wrong.
__ True __ False
4. Questions are not important to scientists.
__ True __ False
5. Science is an orderly way of learning about things.
__ True __ False
Matching Write the number of the definition next to the word it defines.
| ___ | Experiment | 1. In an experiment, the setup in which the variable is NOT changed--to compare with the setup in which it IS changed |
| ___ | Observe | 2. The one thing that a scientist changes in something when she or he conducts an experiment |
| ___ | Hypothesis | 3. Explore something and carefully record what you see, touch, taste, smell, or hear |
| ___ | Control | 4. Test by comparison |
| ___ | Variable | 5. A good guess based on observation, research, and careful thinking |
Essay Question Write your answer on the back of the page.
What is an hypothesis?
Give an example of an hypothesis (make up a good one!).