5/3/13 - Friday
by
MsMagnus
Last updated 8 years ago
Discipline:
Science Subject:
Scientific Method
Grade:
6,7,8
Answer the following in a comment...1. look up TESTABLE QUESTION 2. Define testable question in your own words3. what is your testable question of your experiment going to be?4. Go to this website, find an article related to your project, and write a 5 sentence summary
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5/3/13
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congressthomas 8 years ago
A testable question is a question related to your project that you can test to answer your project question and also hands investigation by student
micahdavis2013 8 years ago
my testable question is what wakes up volcanos
micahdavis2013 8 years ago
After resting for nearly 2 decades, Mount St. Helens woke up this fall. Shaking ground and a skyward blast proved to the world that it’s still an active volcano.
Tiny earthquakes had been shaking the mountain for a week before it erupted on Oct. 1, 2004. The volcano spewed a gray plume of steam and ash 10,000 feet into the air. Hot magma began oozing out of the crater a few weeks later. As it kept coming, the magma literally built a small mountain in front of scientists’ eyes.
Mount St. Helens on a quiet day this fall, just before it spewed steam and ash into the air on Oct. 1, 2004.
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
These events weren’t as explosive as the massive eruption that blew the top off the mountain in 1980. But the recent activity at Mount St. Helens has kept scientists busy making observations and trying to guess what comes next.
“All of us geologists are curious to see what’s going to happen,” says Tom Pierson. He’s a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
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