OBSERVATION
INFERENCE, PREDICTION, HYPOTHESIS
VARIABLES
DEFINITIONS
BONUS!!!!
100
DATA COLLECTED USING OUR 5 SENSES OR A TOOL OF SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT
WHAT IS OBSERVATION?
100
THE SKILL USED IN THIS STATEMENT: PERHAPS THE ICE MELTED BECAUSE THE HEAT TRANSFERRED TO THE WATER.
WHAT IS INFERENCE?
100
NUMBER OF VARIABLES THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT
WHAT IS ONE?
100

a procedure carried out to gather data about an object or event

Experiment 

100
THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IN THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESIS: IF PLANT GROWTH IS RELATED TO WATER, THEN THE MORE YOU WATER A PLANT, THE BIGGER IT WILL GROW.
WHAT IS WATER?
200
AN OBSERVATION THAT USES NUMBERS
WHAT IS A QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION
200
THE SCIENCE PROCESS SKILL THAT MUST BE TESTABLE
WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?
200
AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
WHAT IS THE VARIABLE THAT IS CHANGED BY THE SCIENTIST, ALSO CALLED THE MANIPUTLATED VARIABLE?
200

A person who uses the scientific method to discover new knowledge

Scientist

200
THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE IN THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESIS: IF SUGAR IS RELATED TO HYPERACTIVITY, THEN THE MORE SUGAR A CHILD EATS, THE MORE ENERGY THEY WILL HAVE.
WAHT IS ENERGY?
300
AN OBSERVATION THAT USES YOUR SENSES
WHAT IS A QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION?
300
TWO WORDS EVERY HYPOTHESIS HAS
WHAT IS IF...THEN ?
300
A DEPENDENT VARIABLE
WHAT IS THE VARIABLE AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE IN THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
300

evidence; information gathered from observations

Data

400
"THE MARBLE WEIGHS 5 GRAMS"
WHAT IS A QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION?
400
WE ARE ALL STUDYING SO HARD FOR THE TEST ON FRIDAY, WE WILL ALL PASS.....THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS SKILL
WHAT IS A PREDICTION?
400
THE NAME FOR THE VARIABLE(S) THAT DO NOT CHANGE
WHAT ARE CONTROLS OR CONSTANTS?
400

A statement made after the experiment is tested, analyzed and the observations are made. 

Conclusion

500
I THINK THE SUNSET IS BEAUTIFUL
WHAT IS AN OPINION AND NOT AN OBSERVATION?
500
WHEN WE USE OBSERVATIONAND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
WHAT IS MAKING AN INFERENCE?
500
IN THE BIRTHDAY CANDLE LAB, THE TIME IT TOOK TO MELT
WHAT WAS THE RESPONDING OR DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
500

To look at something carefully by paying attention to its parts

Analyze

500
TEHSKILL THIS STATEMENT USES: THE CAT RAN AWAY BECAUSE THE DOG CAME INTO THE YARD.
WHAT IS INFERENCE?
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