Flash Cards: 7th Grade Science Test Study Unit 1

True or False?
Living things are classified primarily according to when they first appeared on the earth

True or False?
Classification is a method of dividing things into related groups

True or False?
The inductive method is a process of reasoning whereby we start with a general principle and apply it to a specific example

Inductive Method

True or False?
A common denominator in the lives of scientists is a devotion to science and the desire to find answers

True or False?
A geologist is primarily interested in objects in outer space

Geology

True or False?
Physicists write equations to show changes that take place when elements combine to form compounds

A physicist studies....

A chemist ....

True or False?
Most animals must depend on other living things for food

True or False?
Ecologists help us to intelligently control living and nonliving parts of our environment

True or False?
Anthropologists study the effects of crime on our community

Anthropologists

Sociology

True or False?
Science is guessing the answers to a problem

Science

Man's 5 senses

What did man invent to increase the power to observe?

An educated guess is a

Product of an experiment

George Washington Carver found new uses for...

Concerned with structure of universe

Concerned with study of man

Concerned with study of living organisms

Tells how much or how many

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

stating a problem

Carolus Linnaeus

interpreting data

George Washington Carver

drawing conclusions

Isaac Newton

formulating a hypothesis

Galileo

devising an experiment

List 4 Social Sciences

List 4 Biological Sciences

List 4 Physical Sciences

Inductive or Deductive Reasoning?
Squirrels collect nuts only in autumn.
The squirrel is collecting nuts.
Therefore, it must be autumn

Inductive or Deductive Reasoning?
Richard, Betty and Steve arrive at work by 8 each morning.
Richard, Betty and Steve work for AZ Publications.
Therefore, AZ Publications open at 8 each morning

Ecology

Science

3 ways cats and dogs are alike

3 ways cats and dogs are different