Chapter 1 Study Guide ~ Science in our World
Section 1 (pages 4-9)
1. Name 3 methods of investigation. 1________________ 2_____________ 3_______________
2. One benefit of science is ________________________ systems to save resources.
3. A person who studies animals is a ________________________.
4. A person who studies volcanoes is a ______________________,
5. A person who studies the ocean is a _______________________.
6. A person who studies rocks, minerals, and soil is a ______________________.
Section 2 (pages10-16)
7. Scientists use scientific methods to ______________ problems in an ________________ way.
8. Analyzing results of experiments help _________________ focus on the _________________
of the variable.
9. The _______________ differs between the control group and experimental group in a controlled
experiment.
Section 3 (pages 18-21)
10. Scientific knowledge can change when a ________________ makes a new ______________.
11. One benefit of scientific models is that they can _______________ something that does not
_____________________.
12. Scientific models are _____________ but not _______________.
13. An explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations is a _________________
___________________.
14. A ________________ _________ is a summary of many experimental results and
observations that tells how things work.
15. Building scientific knowledge never ends because new ________________ challenges
accepted _____________ and scientists ___________________ old ideas.
16. A ___________________ model could be used to describe how the solar system was formed.
17. A ___________________ model could be used to predict some genetic traits.
Section 4 (pages 22-28)
18. Keeping food ______________ and __________________ longer is an intended benefit of
refrigeration.
19. A crutch is an example of __________________ _______________________.
20. Adaptive bioengineering is the development of products that can _____________ living things.
21. A ______________________ is a person who applies the engineering to living things.
22. A test model of a product is a _____________________.
Section 5 (pages 30-35)
23. Density = _______________ / _______________
24. The International System of Units is ____________ to use, the most widely used __________,
and makes ________________ ______________ easier.
25. Electrical, chemical, and plants are all types of _____________ _____________ in your book.
26. Meterstick, stopwatch, balance, thermometer, calculator, and computer are _______________
used to collect and analyze data.
27. Area measures __________, and volume measures the ____________ of a body in 3D space.
28. What are the common units for measuring: mass = __________________, length = ________,
and volume = _________________________.
* Know the correct safety symbol for sharp object, chemical safety, & clothing/eye protection. (p.35)
Chapter 1 Study Guide Answer Key
1. research, observation, and experimentation
2. recycling
3. zoologist
4. volcanologist
5. oceanographer
6. geochemist
7. investigate, ordered
8. scientists, effects
9. variable
10. scientist, hypothesis
11. represent, exist
12. useful, perfect
13. scientific theory
14. scientific law
15. evidence, ideas, re-evaluate
16. conceptual
17. mathematical
18. frozen, fresh
19. assistive bioengineering
20. change
21. bioengineer
22. prototype
23. mass, volume
24. easy, system, information sharing
25. safety symbols
26. tools
27. surface, size
28. kilogram, meter, liter
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Vocabulary Activity
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1. variable
2. theory
4. mass
7. law
9. experiment
11. temperature
12. science
DOWN
1. volume
3. hypothesis
4. model
5. scientific
6. density
8. area
10. meter