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Think about what you know about how science provides answers to questions about the world. Identify three behaviors that scientists might use in exploring what is science? Describe what scientists study in each area.

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Scientific Explanations
How can science provide answers to your questions about
the world around you?
Before You Read
Before you read the chapter, think about what you know about how science provides answers to
questions about the world. Record your ideas in the first column. Pair with a partner, and discuss his
or her thoughts. Write those ideas in the second column. Then record what you both would like to
share with the class in the third column.

Think

Pair

Share

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Chapter Vocabulary
Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

NEW

NEW

NEW

observation
hypothesis
prediction
inference
technology
scientific theory
scientific law
critical thinking

description
explanation
International System of
Units (SI)
accuracy
precision
significant digits

variable
dependent variable
independent variable
constants

ACADEMIC
ethics

Scientific Explanations

NOS 1

Lesson 1

Understanding Science

Predict three facts that will be discussed in Lesson 1 after reading the headings. Record your
predictions in your Science Journal.

Identify three behaviors that scientists might use in exploring

What is science?
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questions and in solving problems.

1.

3.

2.
Branches of Science
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Differentiate 3 main branches of science. Describe what scientists


.

study in each area.


Branches of Science

Life science

Earth science

Physical science

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Observation

Hypothesis

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Prediction

Inference

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Practice stating a research hypothesis. Write a research


hypothesis that might form the basis of an investigation.

NOS 2

Scientific Explanations

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Define terms applied to scientific inquiry.

Scientific Inquiry

Lesson 1 | Understanding Science (continued)

Results of Scientific
Inquiry
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Categorize outcomes of scientific inquiry. Give an example


of each type of result.
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Examples of Results of
Scientific Investigations

Technology

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Possible
explanations

Contrast a scientific theory with a scientific law.

Scientific Theory and


Scientific Laws
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New materials

Scientific Theory

Scientific Law

Description:

Description:

Example:

Example:

Relate two ways in which a scientific theory and a scientific


law are similar.
will be rejected if

Both
are based on

Scientific Explanations

NOS 3

Lesson 1 | Understanding Science (continued)

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Assess two situations in which it is important to question scientific


issues in the media.
1.
2.

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Identify the process of comparing what you already know with


new information.

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Explain how these factors can help minimize bias in a


scientific investigation.

Sampling

Repetition

Point out the importance of safety and ethics when conducting


scientific investigations.
Safety

Analyze It

Ethics

Suppose you see two news stories on TV about a scientific topic, but the
experts say different things about the data and what it means. How do you decide
which is correct?

NOS 4

Scientific Explanations

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Blind Study

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