Brain Starter 2

Science comes from the Latin word scientia which means knowledge.

• True

• False

Science is both a body of knowledge and a process.

• True

• False

Science is absolute.

• True

• False

Formulating a hypothesis is the first step in the scientific method.

• True

• False

We can discover many things about our natural world by employing the scientific method in our daily life.

• True

• False

Which of the following describes "Stating the Problem" step in the scientific method?

• I turned on my flashlight, but it doesn’t light up.

  Why won’t my flashlight light up?

• Maybe the flashlight doesn’t light up because the batteries are dead. If I put new batteries in my flashlight, it will work.

• I am putting in new batteries and try it afterwards.

• It works! The flashlight works with new batteries.

• Now I understand. It didn’t work because the batteries were dead.

Which of the following describes "Proposing an Answer to the Question/Hypothesis" step in the scientific method?

• I turned on my flashlight, but it doesn’t light up.

  Why won’t my flashlight light up?

• Maybe the flashlight doesn’t light up because the batteries are dead. If I put new batteries in my flashlight, it will work.

• I am putting in new batteries and try it afterwards.

• It works! The flashlight works with new batteries.

• Now I understand. It didn’t work because the batteries were dead.

Which of the following describes "Testing the Hypothesis/Experiment" step in the scientific method?

• I turned on my flashlight, but it doesn’t light up.

  Why won’t my flashlight light up?

• Maybe the flashlight doesn’t light up because the batteries are dead. If I put new batteries in my flashlight, it will work.

• I am putting in new batteries and try it afterwards.

• It works! The flashlight works with new batteries.

• Now I understand. It didn’t work because the batteries were dead.

Which of the following describes "Analyzing the Results" step in the scientific method?

• I turned on my flashlight, but it doesn’t light up.

  Why won’t my flashlight light up?

• Maybe the flashlight doesn’t light up because the batteries are dead. If I put new batteries in my flashlight, it will work.

• I am putting in new batteries and try it afterwards.

• It works! The flashlight works with new batteries.

• Now I understand. It didn’t work because the batteries were dead.

Which of the following describes "Forming a Conclusion" step in the scientific method?

• I turned on my flashlight, but it doesn’t light up.

  Why won’t my flashlight light up?

• Maybe the flashlight doesn’t light up because the batteries are dead. If I put new batteries in my flashlight, it will work.

• I am putting in new batteries and try it afterwards.

• It works! The flashlight works with new batteries.

• Now I understand. It didn’t work because the batteries were dead.