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A globe is a good model for
What is Earth?
100
The SI unit of time is the
What is second?
100
When scientists create a representation of a complex process, they are
What is making models?
100
To calculate the density of an object, you would
What is divide its mass by its volume?
100
Factors that can change in an experiment
What is variables?
200
Interpreting observations based on reasoning from what you already know is called
What is inferring?
200
In science, afact is
What is a confirmed observation?
200
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is called a
What is hypothesis?
200
Which piece of equipment can a scientist us to measure the volume of an object?
What is graduated cylinder?
200
The factor that is changed to test a hypothesis
What is independent variable?
300
Observations that deal with a number or amount are called
What is quantitative observations?
300
When you make a possible explanation for a set of observations you are forming a
What is hypothesis?
300
In science, a hypothesis must be
What is testable?
300
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing?
300
changes in response to the independent variable
What is dependent variable?
400
Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers are called
What is qualitative observations?
400
A triple beam balance measures this
What is mass?
400
Making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence is called
What is predicting?
400
When you explain or interpret the things you observe
What is inferring?
400
The 3 types of biases we learned
What is personal bias, cultural bias, and experimental bias?
500
When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike in some way they are,
What is classifying?
500
During an experiment, which factors must be controlled so that researchers can draw a logical conclusion from the experiment?
What is variables?
500
If you conduct an experiment and draw conclusions that are based on your beliefs rather than the facts, you are using
What is subjective reasoning?
500
creating representations of complex objects or processes
What is making models?
500
Another scientist repeats your experiment
What is replication?
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