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Scientific Method
The scientific method is the basis of scientific investigation. A scientist will pose a question and formulate a hypothesis as a potential explanation or answer to the question. The hypothesis will be tested through a series of experiments. The results of the experiments will either prove or disprove the hypothesis. This category should contain questions and answers regarding the scientific method.
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What does a slaughter house look like?
Well, slaughter houses depend on size and what they slaughter.
You can use the following link to see pictures of slaughter houses.
Anyways, slaughter houses again, depend on what they slaughter, where they are located, and how many customers they get.
I personally have been to a slaughter house where you bring in the animal, they slaughter it for you, and you get all the meat. There are other slaughter houses that catch there own animals and kill them for sale. If they kill sheep and goats it will look alot different than one that slaughters cows, chickens, horses, and pigs.
Also, slaughter houses could be small if they are in a small town. So basically slaughter houses depend on the answers above.^
But my personal experience with slaughter houses looked like this:
You walked into a large door and you were in the lobby area. They have meat on sale and people in aprons working the counter and walking in and out of revolving doors. When you entered the revolving doors, there was a LARGE room with all sorts of machinery used to cut the cooked meat. There were 4 other doors. One was all the bacon being cooked in strips in a large oven. The other was a LARGE door that, when opened, was a LARGE freezer with the skeletons/bones of all the animals. The other door was to go out to the back where all the animals were held until being slaughtered. The last door was where they killed and drained the blood of the slaughtered animals.
How can you find the perfect science fair project?
To find the perfect science fair project, you have to find what you are interested in. Then add your own idea and BOOM, you have a project.
What are the forces in physics?
Contact Forces
Action-at-a-Distance Forces
Frictional Force
Gravitational Force
Tension Force
Electrical Force
Normal Force
Magnetic Force
Air Resistance Force
Applied Force
Spring Force
Step down method and reciprocal method?
Both step-down method and reciprocal method belongs to the allocation metods which can be used to allocate support department costs to opertating department.
(Now, I wanna tell you the three allocation methods are direct method, step-down method and reciprocal method.)
First of all, the step-down method allocates some (but not all) support department costs to other support departments. Secondly, the first support department's costs are allocated to all operating and support departments that use its services. Then, each subsequent support department's costs are allocated to all operating and support departments that use its services, except any support department whose costs were already allocated. What's more, allocation order must be determined.
For reciprocal method, first and foremost, the reciprocal method allocates all support department costs to other support departments. Secondly, the first step is to compute the total costs of each support department when its usage of other support department services is taken into consideration. In addition, support department costs are then allocated to all other operating and support departments that consume its services.
I hope my answer can help your work. If I have some grammar mistakes, please point out, coz I am a Chinese adolescent. Thank you very much.
How does the scientific method work if your hypothesis is wrong?
You make a new hypothesis and then start over from the research.
Is there enough evidence to validate evolution as a theory?
For any hypothesis to be considered a theory, a scientific journal must be written and submitted to undergo rigorous peer evaluation. The theory of evolution has sufficient evidence and support to withstand the dissection from biologists around the world. However, keep in mind that the theory of evolution is not "proven" as nothing in the realm of science can be confirmed with absolute certainty.
Evolution is widely accepted among the scientifically literate. It is broadly rejected among those who hold religious objections. The theory has enjoyed tremendous success over the years, and is now considered to be the foundational theory of biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky once said, "nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." I would consider that a pretty strong validation.
What types of variables are used by scientist in a scientific study?
That are the German variables.....
Also called Metric System.....
They used that because it is world-wide known....
For example: Inch is getting Millimeter, Centimeter, Decimeter, Meter or Kilometer
Pounds getting Milligramm, Gramm, Kilogramm or Tonns
What is the last step in conducting an experiment?
Of the experiment, Observation. Of the entire process, conclusion.
What is the term for a question that may be answered using the scientific method?
Hypothesis, I believe. Ask your science teacher.
What does results mean for science projects?
This is the outcome, the data you got from your project. For instance, if you did a project comparing different fertilizers for use in growing flowers, your results would be how high (on average) your flowers grew in each different fertilizer.
Why isn't a luck-based hypothesis considered to be science?
"Luck" is actually a core element of science. Although, perhaps written in a different light.
Everything is based on statistics. For any occurrence, there is a statistical probability that it will and will not occur. In many senses, a toss of a coin.
In a sense, this is akin to luck.
People create a confidence interval to describe this aspect. Something doesn't have to happen all the time. In fact an occurrence can be quite rare. One just has to have a 95% confidence that one's experimental variable is related to confirm a hypothesis.
Consider smoking for example.
Not all smokers develop lung cancer. Actually those that develop lung cancer are in the minority.
And, some non-smokers will develop lung cancer.
However, smokers develop lung cancer at a higher rate than non-smokers. And, this is a statistical difference.
One can isolate some genes that will predispose one to develop lung cancer, in effect increasing the risk. And, these genes plus smoking will make it more likely to occur.
But, when it comes down to it... it all hinges on luck. A coin toss... A roll of the dice... on whether or not one gets the cancer. One may take actions to weight the dice against oneself, but it still hinges on a roll of the dice.
Discuss why experimental results must be reproducible in order to be considered valid?
If the experiment is not reproducible, no one can perform the experiment independently to confirm the results.
The scientific method uses observations and wich other process to answer questions?
Observations, erecting a hypothesis, and then experimentation to answer questions in science.
What makes a good hypothesis for science fair?
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This is the first step to any good scientific experiment.
P.S. Fluttershy is best pony.
What melting point does glue have?
Name your glue - there are thousands of types with many different melting points .!
What hypothesis can you use for a middle school science fair project?
A hypothesis is your best educated guess on what the outcome of the science fair project is going to be. So you would first need to come up with the science experiment that you want to do before you can come up with your hypothesis. Example: if your science project was mixing baking soda and vinegar together to see what type of reaction you will get, your hypothesis is your guess on what is going to happen when you mix the baking soda and vinegar together. So my hypothesis for that experiment of mixing baking soda and vinegar together is that it will foam up and overflow from the container that I mixed them in. If that happens then my hypothesis was correct. So you need to have an experiment in mind before you can make your hypothesis for the experiment.
How is the scientific method important in scientific investigation?
The scientific method is important in scientific investigation because it helps to test predictions (hypotheses).
The scientific method has been very effective in advancing scientific knowledge. Scientists have learned a tremendous amount about our universe, by making use of it. Therefore, the scientific method has proved its value.
What are the characteristics of all scientific theory?
A scientific theory is either (1) an explanation of why or how something happens in nature (physical sciences), or (2) an accepted body of statements that is all we know at present about something (mathematics).
Most theories in the physical sciences involve technical knowledge, such as a mathematical description of things, and\or statements of laws. (But laws are not theories, they are patterns of occurrences in nature.) In the physical sciences, a scientist trying to explain something may make one or more hypotheses, as educated guesses; these hypotheses are then tested in some relevant way to try to refute them. The one that passes the most tests becomes the reigning theory.
Other features of theories are that they explain the largest amount of relevant data, and that they explain it parsimoniously or "prosaically." This means that they obey "Occam's Razor:" they explain the data without needlessly postulating new entities or processes in the world. (It's named after William of Occam, a British philosopher of the 14th century A.D. who thought it up.)
Most theories are tested by making "testable predictions;" the theory or scientist makes predictions of events and\or entities that no one has detected yet, and a relevant test is made to see if the event or entity really does happen or exist.
Examples of Theories And Other Related Information:
(1) Relativity theory: This is the theory of Albert Einstein; it involves a mathematical description of the four dimensional manifold called "space-time," and the theory says that a gravitational field "warps" the space-time around a massive body; this is an explanation of gravity and its effects. Relativity was tested by measuring the positions of certain stars that were close to the sun, before and during an eclipse. Einstein had predicted that light-rays passing close to a massive body like the Sun would be bent by the gravitational field of the Sun. It was seen that the positions differed by amounts that were close to the predictions of the theory. The theory also accounted for an anomaly in Mercury's orbit, and it did away with the "luminiferous ether." (This was a substance thought to permeate all space in the universe.) So the theory explained a little more than Newton's, and it was more "prosaic" than its predecessor (Newton's theory could not account for everything about Mercury's orbit).
(2) Theory of Natural Selection: This is the theory of Charles Darwin that says that the advent of all species in nature is the result of Natural Selection. Darwin said that Natural Selection was analogous to the selection that people do when they breed animals and plants. Certain inherited features of organisms make them better adapted to their environment, and so those species stay long enough to leave progeny, while other species are maladapted to the environment, so they become extinct. Changes in the inherited characteristics, if allowed long enough to accumulate, lead to new species. The theory was tested against its rivals, and also tested in genetics laboratories. One testable prediction it made was about the age of the Earth. Darwin held out against the verdict of the physicists of his day; they said that the Earth can only be hundreds of thousands of years old, while Darwin, given what he knew about the pace of evolution, said it must be in the hundreds of millions of years old. He proved to be right- it's in the billions, 4.5 billion years old to be exact. The theory proved also to be more parsimonious: it eliminated the older theory of Lamarck, who said that acquired characteristics are passed on to an animal's progeny (e.g., if a giraffe tries really hard to reach the highest buds on a tree and its neck stretches, it passes the longer neck on to its offspring.), it eliminated the "scale of nature," which was the idea that we human beings are the pinnacle of creation, and it eliminated the older idea that evolution or creation is "trying" to make us human beings.
What is a science fair project you can do in a week?
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There are a lot of science fair projects you can do in a week.
1. You can do experiments with the PicoTurbine Windmill
2. DNA extraction science fair project
3. Water or Soil microbes science fair projects
4. Find out what bacteria is lurking in your kitchen, bathroom, shower head surface mirobes
5. Take the solar systems magnetic pulse with a magnometer
6. Roast peanuts and see which nut burns faster and which burns slower. Almonds,Peanuts,Walnuts,Cashews and Pecans
7. Test to see what brand of paper towels is most absorbant.
8. Test to see which search engine brings up results fastest.
9. volcano That gets out syrup like lava
Who is the inventor of the Scientific Method?
Some of the earliest influences on what we now consider the scientific method were by the Greeks, notably Aristotle(384-322 BC) and Archimedes (287-212 BC).
During the "Islamic Golden Age", important contributions were made by Geber (Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān al azdi, 721-815), Alkindus (Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī, 801-873) and especially by the Arab scholar Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham, 965-1039).
Later Persian scientists expanded on experimental methodology, including Al-Buruni (Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī) and Avicenna (Abū Alī Sīnā).
The coming of the European Renaissance provided insights by Robert Grosseteste in the 12th Century, Roger Baconin the 13th, and Galileo (1564-1642).
Francis Bacon was the first to formalize the concept of a true scientific method, but he didn't do so in a vacuum. The work of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) influenced Bacon tremendously.
Francis Bacon
It grew gradually during the Renaissance, when it was realised that just saying 'God made things' was not sufficient explanation.
What is the correct order in grow island?
The order is bolt, pickaxe, logs, steering wheel, environmental engineering, battery, chip and then the beaker
