1.4 SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS

Are they alive?

How do they move?

What do they eat?

Where do they live?

Are the result of observations.

Are testable, they guide an investigation

Can be answered by direct observation or by measuring with scientific tools

May begin as general why questions but become more specific.

Offer evidence to support your claims

Cannot be proven or disproven by testing.

Have different answers or opinions depending on who you ask

Use words that mean different things to different people.

Observable

testable

measurable

offer evidence

specific

Good

Could be more specific

Not observable, not testable or measurable.

good

Could be more specific

Not observable, not testable or measurable.

good

Could be more specific

Not observable, not testable or measurable.

good

Could be more specific

Not observable, not testable or measurable

good

Could be more specific

Not observable, not testable or measurable.

good

Could be more specific

Not observable, not testable or measurable.