Vocabulary
The systematic study of our world around us.
What is Science?
This is a testable statement that leads to a scientific investigation.
What is a Hypothesis?
An ________ is organized setup to test something under controlled conditions.
What is an Experiment?
What you use to record your data in an organized manner when looking for relationships.
What is a data table?
After makings observations through your senses, you begin to draw these types of conclusions.
What is an inference?
_______ provides the reasoning behind the final results of the data from the experiment, based on a given hypothesis, and also notes possible sources of errors.
What is a conclusion?
Name 1 piece of information that is required to create a scientific investigation.
What is a variable, hypothesis, or data?
Information recorded in data tables usually includes ______, ______.
What are times and amounts.
________ is evidence gained through observations and measurements. Scientists record these to provide evidence to support their scientific explanations.
What is Data?
This is an act of noting and recording data that can be detected with instruments or the 5 senses.
What are observations?
This is a well supported explanation about phenomena or the natural world.
What is a Theory?
The variables that remain the same for all trials in an investigation so that the experiment can be VALID.
What are the constant variables?
A _______ graph is used to display and compare data in a number of separate categories.
What is a bar graph?
A well-supported explanation of the natural world (hint: explains WHY/HOW phenomena happens).
What is theory?
DAILY DOUBLE: Name three reliable sources that can be used when conducting research
Encyclopedias, textbooks, or scientific journals and publications? No, it is not Wikipedia!
The axis that is used to plot the responding/outcome/variable.
What is the y axis?
Describes a basic principle of nature that always occurs under certain conditions (hint: Describes what will happen).
What is a law?
________ observations include descriptions of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures.
What is Qualitative Observations?
A scientific ________ is a representation of something?
What is a model?
DAILY DOUBLE: During the Dubble Bubble experiment, which portion of the lab was for doing the analysis of the data?
Calculating for the percent sugar in the gum OR calculating the percent difference of your results to that of the manufacturer.
In most graphs, data displayed on the X-axis are the values of the ___________ variable.
What is the independent variable?