Vocabulary
Variables
Science & EP
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Examples
100
an educated guess
What is hypothesis?
100
variable that changes
What is the independent variable?
100
an example of something you would do when you are asking questions and defining problems
examples of questions
100
moral values about what is good and bad
What is ethics?
100
I think that Charmin will hold the most weight because it is thicker.
What is a hypothesis?
200
problem solving procedure
What is the scientific method?
200
variable being measured
What is the dependent variable?
200
an example of a model
globe, cell, etc
200
an explanation or model backed by results obtained from many tests or experiments
What is a scientific theory?
200
In your consumer challenge projects, the brands used were this variable.
What is independent?
300
the use of scientific discoveries for practical purposes
What is technology?
300
standard to which your results can be compared
What is the control?
300
you might create one of these when analyzing and interpreting data
graph or chart
300
process of observing, studying, and thinking about things in your world
What is science?
300
In the Sponge Bob activities, the time it took the fish to swim through the maze was this variable.
What is dependent?
400
a rule that describes something in nature
What is a scientific law?
400
variable that never changes
What is the constant?
400
give an example of a hypothesis
answers vary
400
different factors that can change in an experiment
What are variables?
400
In the dish soap example in our book, water temperature and amount of soap are examples of these
What are constants?
500
personal opinion
What is bias?
500
this is what you should do to make sure that your results are valid and reliable
What is repeat the experiment?
500
give an example for how you might use math and computational thinking
vary
500
the variable being measured
What is the dependent variable?
500
In the dish soap example in our book, plain water is used as a ______________.
What is control?
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