Lab 1 (Scientific Method)

Front 1

What is the scientific method?

Back 1

- Galileo first to describe it
- composed of a series of logic steps that can be used to investigate and solve the wide variety of phenomena and problems

Front 2

What is Aristotelian logic?

Back 2

- used before scientific method was established
- used deductive logic
- consists of sequence of reasoning that was followed by a logical conclusion

Front 3

What is deductive logic?

Back 3

proposes specific questions, problems and conclusions from broader and more general concepts

Front 4

What is inductive logic?

Back 4

- uses facts or IV cases to form a general conclusion
- not acceptable during middle ages

Front 5

What is the 1st step in using scientific method?

Back 5

- problem to be solved or the phenomenon to be understood be clearly identified
- simplified and put into a written statement

Front 6

What is the 2nd step of scientific method?

Back 6

- making observations
- uncovering info
- reviewing and reading the results to similar studies
- scientists get a better understanding of the problems or events

Front 7

What is the 3rd step of scientific method?

Back 7

- formation of hypothesis
- consist of a prediction about the problem or phenomenon

Front 8

What is the 4th step of scientific method?

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- design an experiment that'll test the hypothesis
- scientist should be aware of outside factors that could influence the results of the experiment and take steps to eliminate them
- be an outside observer

Front 9

What is the 5th step of scientific method?

Back 9

carrying out the experiment and gathering the data in an accurate and unbiased manner

Front 10

What is the 6th step of scientific method?

Back 10

evaluate the results to determine whether or not the data gathered supports the hypothesis

Front 11

What is the last step of the scientific method?

Back 11

conclusion statement may be formulated

Front 12

What happens if the data is not supportive of the hypothesis?

Back 12

repeat scientific method

Front 13

What is a theory?

Back 13

- may emerge from a hypothesis that has been extensively tested and found to be always true
- generally more generalized
- shouldn't be considered final or absolute

Front 14

What is the scientific law?

Back 14

universal and considered to be a sequence of natural events that occur with unvarying uniformity under the same conditions

Front 15

What is the hypothesis?

Back 15

- prediction about the problem
- made in a manner that is testable

Front 16

What is involved in how much volume of H2O is displaced?

Back 16

- equal to the volume of the object

Front 17

What is the problem to be investigated in Lab 1?

Back 17

- what happens tot the volume of fluid in a container when a floating ice cube melts

Front 18

What to do if the data from testing a hypothesis doesn't support the hypothesis?

Back 18

- revised
- retested
- reevaluated

Front 19

Describe the data collected from a hypothesis?

Back 19

- gathered in an accurate manner
- collected in a non-biased manner
- evaluated in an unbiased manner