What is Science?

What is Science?

• A series of procedures to help you solve problems.

• A way to find out what is wrong in this world.

• An organized way of studying the natural world and finding solutions to common problems.

• The way scientists make up general rules.

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Scientists use _________________ to visualize problems or ideas.

• models

• pickles

• frogs

• standards

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Science is a way of learning about the ________________ world.

• natural

• supernatural

• ideal

• revolutionary

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Scientific _________________________ are possible explanations for patterns.

• theories

• laws

• ideas

• worlds

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Scientific _________________________ are rules that describe patterns.

• theories

• laws

• ideas

• worlds

Scientists make ___________________ about the world around them.

• observations

• opinions

When a pattern in nature is observed time and time again, it becomes a scientific __________________ .

• law

• hypothesis

• wondering

• experiment

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Many scientists study ___________________ , or collections of structures, cycles, and processes that relate to and interact with one another.

• systems

• rules

• experiments

• marshmallows

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Scientists who study living systems often ask questions like “How do vaccines help prevent disease?” or “What kind of organisms live in a swamp?” These scientists are studying _______ ________________ .

• life science

• earth science

• physical science

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Scientists who study Earth and the systems in space are studying ________ ___________ . These scientists might study asteroids, clouds, or volcanoes.

• life science

• earth science

• physical science

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