Guided Reading From Physical Science Text Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Slide Show
Science from Curiosity (pages 2-3)
1. Define Science:
2. The questions that lead to scientific discovery are provided by
3. T or F The results of every scientific experiment are quantitative.
Science and Technology (page 3)
4. T or F The use of knowledge to solve practical problems is known as curiosity.
5. How are science and technology related?
Branches of Science (page 4)
6. Name the two general categories that the study of science can be divided into.
7. Which of the following are branches of natural science?
Physical science
Earth and space science
Social science
Life science
8. Which of the following is true about the field of chemistry?
a. Chemists study reactions involving matter.
b. Chemists study the composition of matter.
c. Chemists study the structure of matter.
d. Chemists study the properties of matter.
9. The study of matter, energy and the interactions between the two through forces and
motion is known as
10. Identify the topics that are included in the study of geology.
11. T or F The foundation of space science is astronomy.
12. Scientists who study the origin and behavior of living things are called biologists, and
the study of living things is called
The Big Ideas of Physical Science (pages 5-6)
13. T or F All the important rules of nature have already been discovered.
14. T or F The diameter of the observable universe is about seven hundred million billion
billion meters.
15. What are the two characteristics of matter.
16. The basic building blocks of matter are called
17. T or F A force causes change in time.
18. Describe kinetic energy.
19. Two general types of energy are kinetic and
Science and Your Perspective (page 6)
20. T or F The scientific facts today will not change in the future.
Scientific Methods (pages 7-9)
21. Identify the goal of the scientific method.
22. List the three types of variables in an experiment.
23. T or F If the data from an experiment do not support your hypothesis, you can revise the
hypothesis or propose a new one.
24. Explain how a scientific theory differs from a hypothesis.
25-28. Match the vocab term with the definitions
____ Information that you obtain through your senses
____ A well-tested explanation for a set of observations
____ A proposed answer to a question
a) theory
b) hypothesis
c) observation
29-32. What are the missing steps in the model above?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Scientific Laws (page 9)
33. T or F A scientific law attempts to explain an observed pattern in nature.
34. All scientists may accept a given scientific law, but different scientists may have different
____________________ to explain it.
Scientific Models (page 10)
35. Why do scientists use scientific models?
36. What two things do scientists do if data show a model is wrong?
Working Safely in Science (page 11)
37. Which of the following safety precautions should you follow whenever working in a science
laboratory?
a) Study safety rules.
b) Never ask question.
c) Read all procedural steps.
d) Understand the procedure.
38. Why should you wash your hands after every experiment.
Using scientific notation (pages 14-15)
39. Scientific notation expresses a value as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a
_________________.
40. What is the value that is expressed by 3 x 108
41. Why is scientific notation useful?
SI Units of Measurement (pages 16-18)
42. Which of the following are elements required for measurements to make sense?
a) scientific notation b) numbers c) exponents d) units
43. T or F Units in the SI system include feet, pounds, and degrees Fahrenenheit.
44-47. Math the base unit with the quantity.
____meters
a) mass
____kilogram
b) time
____kelvin
c) length
____second
d) temperature
48. A ratio of equivalent measurements that is used to convert a quantity expressed in one unit
to another unit is called a(n) _______________.
49. Which of the following have four significant digits?
a) 1.25 x 104 b) 0.0125
c) 12.51
d) 0.1255
50. T or F The precision of a calculated answer is limited by the least precise measurement used
in the calculation.
51. Calulate the density if the mass of a solid material is measured as 15.00 grams and its
volume is measured as 5.0 cm3. Round off your answer to the proper number of significant
figures.
52. Describe the difference between precision and accuracy.
Measuring Temperature (page 20)
53. What is the base unit for temperature in SI?
54. Write out the formula used to convert degrees Celsius to Kelvin.
Organizing Data (pages 22-24)
55. Which of the following are tools scientists use to organize their data?
a) the Internet b) newspapers c) tables d) graphs
56. The simplest way to organize data is to present them in a(n) ____________.
57. Where on a line graph is the manipulated variable’s data placed?
58. On a line graph, the ratio of the change of the y axis to the x axis is called the line’s
___________________________.
59. Which of the following relationships are direct proportions?
a) distance traveled versus time at a constant speed
b) the mass of a substance versus its volume
c) the time to travel a given distance versus average speed
d) the number of fingers in your classroom versus the number of people
60. T or F An inverse proportion is one in which the product of the two variables is constant.
61-64. Identify each data organizing tool shown below.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Communicating Data (page 25)
65. Name two ways that scientists can report results of their experiments.
66. T or F Scientists always interpret a given set of data the same way.
67. Explain why peer review is an important part of scientific research.