Vocabulary
A question that can be answered through experimenting
What is Testable?
The question being investigated in an experiment
What is a problem?
An investigation carried out under controlled conditions
What is an experiment?
Guessing the outcome of an experiment before testing begins
What is a prediction?
A tool used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
The group in the investigation that remains unchanged
What is the control group?
A predicted outcome to an experiment based on the research collected
What is a hypothesis?
Information gathered through the senses about the natural world.
What is observation?
A repeat of an experiment with a new collection of data or observations
What is trials?
A tool used to measure mass
What is a pan balance?
A personal belief or judgment that is not based on proof or certainty
What is an opinion?
A detailed description listing all of the steps in an experiment.
What is a procedure?
A representation of some object or event in the real world.
What is a model?
The ability of a scientific investigation to be reproduced by another
What is replicable?
a tool to measure length
What is ruler or meter stick?
A representation of some object or event in the real world.
What is a model?
The outcome of the experiment based on the data collected
What is the conclusion?
A scientific study of the natural world using the scientific method
What is an investigation?
A search for general knowledge about a specific topic
What is research?
A tool to measure force
What is a spring scale?
Things that are held constant during an experiment (kept the same).
What is the control variable?
A detailed list of the supplies and equipment used in an investigation
What is a material list?
An investigation that ask questions to a random group of people
What is a survey?
A statement that interprets the data
What are results?
tool that can be used to measure the volume of liquid
What is a graduated cylinder or measuring cup?