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Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.<br />

Name Date Class<br />

1<br />

Directions: Use the word bank to fill in the blanks in the summary paragraphs.<br />

explanations investigation observation scientia<br />

knowledge modified overlap technology<br />

Science comes from a latin word, (1) ,which means<br />

(2) .Scientists gather knowledge using (3) and<br />

(4) .Though science is divided into categories, the things scientists study<br />

often (5) .<br />

Scientific (6) are developed and modified over time. Sometimes,<br />

new (7) or observations bring new ideas to light and theories are<br />

(8) .<br />

Directions: List the three main categories of science and what topics each deals with.<br />

9.<br />

10.<br />

11.<br />

<strong>Study</strong> Guide<br />

Directions: Unscramble the words to fill in the blanks.<br />

The Methods of Science<br />

Category Topics<br />

Chapter<br />

1<br />

12. (stinotigevains) a way that scientists learn new information about<br />

the natural world<br />

13. (fictiensic dothem) an organized set of investigation procedures<br />

14. (tennddeep) a type of variable that changes according to changes in<br />

other variables<br />

15. (cottanns) something that does not change when other variables in<br />

an experiment change<br />

16. (siba) what happens when a scientist expects certain results and<br />

views their experimental data with those expectations, hoping to get a certain result<br />

The Methods of Science 1

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