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Flashcard 1: What question should you ask to learn if the change helped after trying a solution?
Answer: Did the change make the situation better. Evaluates if the solution achieved its goal.
Flashcard 2: Which question best checks safety before changing something: "Is this safe?" or "Is this funny?"
Answer: Is this safe. Safety must be checked before making changes.
Flashcard 3: What is the purpose of asking questions when people want to change a situation?
Answer: To learn what the problem is and what change is needed. Questions help identify the issue and desired outcome.
Flashcard 4: What is a problem in science when people want to change a situation?
Answer: Something that is not working well and needs improvement. Problems are situations that need fixing or changing.
Flashcard 5: Which question best identifies what people want to change: "What is happening now?" or "What is your favorite color?"
Answer: What is happening now. This question identifies the current situation to change.
Flashcard 6: What question should you ask to find out the goal of the change people want?
Answer: What do you want to happen instead. This reveals the desired outcome or goal.
Flashcard 7: What question should you ask to learn who is affected by the problem?
Answer: Who does this problem affect. Identifies people impacted by the problem.
Flashcard 8: What question should you ask to learn what would make the change successful?
Answer: How will we know it is better. Defines success criteria for the change.
Flashcard 9: What question should you ask to learn what rules or limits must be followed?
Answer: What rules or limits do we have. Identifies constraints that limit solutions.
Flashcard 10: What question should you ask to learn what materials or tools are available to help?
Answer: What materials or tools can we use. Identifies resources available for solutions.
Flashcard 11: Which option is the best evidence question: "What did you see?" or "What do you wish?"
Answer: What did you see. Asks for direct observations, not wishes.
Flashcard 12: What question should you ask to learn when the problem happens?
Answer: When does the problem happen. Helps identify timing patterns of the problem.
Flashcard 13: What question should you ask to learn how often the problem happens?
Answer: How often does it happen. Helps understand the frequency of the problem.
Flashcard 14: What is an observation question you can ask to gather information with your senses?
Answer: What do you notice using your senses. Uses senses to gather factual information.
Flashcard 15: What is a fair test question that compares two choices for a change?
Answer: Which choice works better under the same conditions. Ensures fair comparison by keeping conditions equal.
Flashcard 16: Identify the best clarifying question if someone says, "It is too loud": "What do you mean by too loud?" or "Do you like music?"
Answer: What do you mean by too loud. Seeks specific details about vague statements.
Flashcard 17: Which question word is best for learning the cause of a problem: who, what, where, why?
Answer: Why. Why questions help us understand reasons and causes.
Flashcard 18: Find the question that checks safety: 'Is it safe to touch?' or 'Is it your favorite?'
Answer: Is it safe to touch. Safety questions protect us from harm.
Flashcard 19: Identify the best question to compare solutions: 'Which design works best?' or 'Do you like it?'
Answer: Which design works best. Comparing helps us pick the best solution.
Flashcard 20: Choose the best question to learn constraints: 'What materials can we use?' or 'What is your color choice?'
Answer: What materials can we use. This question identifies what limits our choices.
Flashcard 21: Choose the best question to gather evidence: 'What did you observe?' or 'Can you guess the answer?'
Answer: What did you observe. Observations provide facts, not guesses.
Flashcard 22: Which question word is best for learning the people involved: who, what, where, when?
Answer: Who. Who questions identify the people involved.
Flashcard 23: Which question word is best for learning the place a problem happens: where, when, why, how?
Answer: Where. Where questions help us find the location.
Flashcard 24: Which question word is best for learning the time a problem happens: when, who, what, where?
Answer: When. When questions tell us about timing.
Flashcard 25: Which question word is best for learning the steps used to fix something: how, why, where, who?
Answer: How. How questions explain the process or method.
Flashcard 26: What is an observation question meant to find out about a problem?
Answer: What you can see, hear, smell, or feel about the situation. We use our senses to observe and gather facts.
Flashcard 27: What is a constraint when people try to change a situation?
Answer: A limit such as time, cost, materials, or safety rules. Constraints are things that limit our choices.
Flashcard 28: Which option is an open-ended question: 'Did it work?' or 'What happened when you tried it?'
Answer: What happened when you tried it. Open-ended questions allow detailed answers.
Flashcard 29: Identify the best question to learn the cause: 'Why is the floor wet?' or 'Is the floor wet?'
Answer: Why is the floor wet. Why questions find causes of problems.
Flashcard 30: Choose the best question to learn the location: 'Where is the leak?' or 'Why is there a leak?'
Answer: Where is the leak. Where questions pinpoint locations.