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Directed Reading B
Section: Science and Scientists
1.What are two steps you can take to start being a scientist?
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starting with a question
2.What is science?
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3.Describe how you might practice science in your own neighborhood.
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4.What are three different kinds of environments you might ask
questions about?
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Investigation: The Search for Answers
Match the correct definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space provided.
_____5.carefully looking and recording what you see
_____6.performing an activity to answer questions
_____7.looking up information in books or on the Internet
Directed Reading B continued
Applying the Answers
8.What are two ways science has made automobiles safer?
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9.What are three natural resources that are saved by recycling steel?
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10.How have chlorofluorocarbons harmed the environment?
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11.What are the results of damaging the ozone layer?
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Scientists everywhere
Match the correct definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space provided.
_____ 12. a person who studies a community of organisms and their environment
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_____ 14. a scientist who studies the chemistry of rocks, minerals, and soil
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17.What are two careers that a meteorologist might have?
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Skills Worksheet
Vocabulary and Section Summary B
Science and Scientists
Vocabulary
After you finish reading the section, try this puzzle! Solve the clues to see what words are hidden in the puzzle on the next page. Words in the puzzle are hidden vertically, horizontally, and diagonally.
1.What scientist would you interview if you wanted to know more about Earth’s atmosphere?
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2.What is a trial explanation that you can test by a well-planned experiment?
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3.Who could tell you about the chemistry of rocks, minerals, and soils and about their economic value?
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4.Name a scientist who studies a community of living things, as well as their nonliving environment.
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5.What is the knowledge gained about the natural world by investigation called?
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6.If you wanted someone to draw pictures and diagrams for a scientific report,
you would ask a science ______
7.Whom might you find working at the edge of a pool of lava, studying
a volcano?
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