Glossary: Science
A.
Choose the best word.
After watching squirrels in our yard, we decided to conduct an 1. investigation
of their behaviour. We had a 2. theory that squirrels could be trained to do tricks if
they were offered the right food. So first we had to 3. research what squirrels really like to eat. It
turned out
that there are no 4. studies
on this topic, so we had to use 5. trial and error to find out: we put out six different kinds of
nuts and snacks in trays and watched to see which the squirrels ate the most.
They liked potato chips the best. So we made the type of food the 6. variable. Our 7. hypothesis
was that the squirrels would come and take potato chips from our
hands, but not peanuts. We stood in the yard holding chips and nuts, but no
squirrels came to take any food. After 8. observing the squirrels for a while, we realised that they
had gotten very
well-fed while we had been trying to find out what they liked. We are maybe not the best 9.
researchers after all.
Glossary: Science
B.
Find the words to fit the definitions and the spaces, and then finish the sentence.
1 A N A L Y S E
2 D I S C O V E R
3 I N N O V A T O R
4 C O N T R O L
5 G R O U P
6 D E D U C T I O N
K
7 P R E C I S I O N
8 T H E O R Y
If something is quite easy, you might say, “It’s NOT ROCKET
science.”