General Science, Working in Science, Quiz 1

QUOTE the five steps of the scientific method

- state the problem - form a hypothesis - perform an experiment - interpret data - draw conclusion

Geocentric theory

the earth is the center of the universe

liter is used to measure

volume

the conclusion of the scientific investigation states

whether or not the hypothesis is correct

if you cannot repeat your experiment for other scientists to verify,

you cannot use the Scientific Method

how many centimeters in a meter?

100

after conducting an experiment,

a scientist must first interpret data

graph

a visual illustration used to show mathematical relationships

all scientific ideas are tentative and subject to

change and improvement in principle

the weight of an object

changes depending of elevation

Galileo

considered "Father of Modern Science"

Aristotle

developed geocentric theory

Copernicus

developed heliocentric theory

Newton

developed law of universal gravitation

Celsius

developed metric temperature scale

God has created man with the ability to

discover the mysteries of His universe

the famous Christian astronomer, Kepler, determined that the planetary orbits were

ellipses

An experiment is used to provide data which gives

evidence to support or falsify a hypothesis

Vesalius

examined the inner workings of the human body

Nightingale

founded nursing profession

Torricelli

invented barometer

long distances are usually measured in

kilometers

Meters and centimeters are units of

length in the metric system

mass of an object

measured in kilograms

Mass is a measure

of the amount of matter in a body

hypothesis

scientific guess