Fire Vocabulary
Mixed Vocabulary
Scientific Method
Vocabulary
100
This can be a solid, liquid, or a gas that has to be ignited to burn
FUEL
100
This is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is essential for life.
OXYGEN
100
This is an objective, self-correcting method for gathering and organizing information about the natural world through repeated observation and experimentation.
SCIENCE
100
This is a variable that is changed during an experiment
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
200
This is a process that rearranges chemical bonds to create new substances that lead to different reactions that happen one after another.
CHEMICAL CHAIN REACTION
200
This is a special type of chemical reaction - it reacts with oxygen to release heat.
COMBUSTION
200
A controlled observation - an activity performed to prove or disprove a hypothesis.
EXPERIMENT
200
Data in the form of numbers.
QUANTITATIVE DATA
300
This happens when everything in a room from an armchair to a TV set becomes superheated and bursts into flames simultaneously.
FLASHOVER
300
This is a statement based on experiences.
INFERENCE
300
A factor that affects mass temperature, time, and space, along with a quantity that can precisely be specific. It also affects how a system works.
VARIABLE
300
This is a variable that is held constant in an experiment.
CONTROL VARIABLE
400
Will burn when combined with the right amount of oxygen and is ignited.
COMBUSTIBLE
400
This is gathering physical evidence. Use your senses and scientific tools. It is also an accurate description.
OBSERVATION
400
Data in the form of words.
QUALITATIVE DATA
400
A variable that is affected by the change to the independent variable.
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
500
This is what you do over and over and get checked by multiple scientists.
REPEATED
500
This is a possible answer to a scientific question based on inferences.
HYPOTHESIS
500
Changing you opinion on what your experiments show if you are proven wrong by other scientists.
SELF CORRECTING
500
Passing on something that other scientists can use.
GATHERING/ORGANIZING DATA
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