Vocabulary
A systematic and organized way of exploring, understanding, and explaining the natural world. It involves making observations, asking questions, and conducting experiments to gain knowledge.
What is Science
Start by asking a clear and specific question about something you want to understand.
What is the First Step of the Scientific Method?
This is the variable that you change or manipulate in an experiment to test its effect on the dependent variable.
What is the Independent Variable (Manipulated Variable)?
The consistency and repeatability of results. It produces similar results when repeated under the same conditions.
What is Reliability?
The scientific method is a step-by-step process that scientists follow to investigate and solve problems.
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A step-by-step process that scientists use to investigate natural phenomena, solve problems, and answer questions in an organized and objective way.
What is the Scientific Method?
Gather information about the topic to better understand it.
What is Research?
These are the factors that you keep constant in an experiment to ensure that they don't influence the results.
What are the Controlled Variables?
The accuracy and truthfulness of the results. It is free from bias or errors.
What is Validity?
Observations are made using our senses, such as seeing, hearing, and touching.
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An educated guess about the outcome of an experiment or investigation. It's based on existing knowledge and is used to guide the research.
What is a Hypothesis?
Design and conduct experiments or investigations to gather data.
What is Test Hypothesis?
The variable that you observe and measure to see how it is affected by the independent variable.
What is the Dependent Variable (Responding Variable)?
An experiment in which only the independent variable is changed, while all other factors are kept constant. This ensures that any observed changes in the dependent variable can be attributed to the manipulated variable and not other external factors.
What is a Fair Test?
A controlled experiment is one in which only one variable is changed, while all others are kept constant.
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The information collected during an experiment or observation. It can be in the form of numbers, measurements, descriptions, etc.
What is Data?
List the 7 Steps of the Scientific Method in ORDER.
1. Ask a Question
2. Research
3.Hypothesis
4. Test Hypothesis
5.Analyze Data
6. Draw Conclusions
7. Communicate Results
List all three Variables.
What are Independent, Dependent and Controlled?
Scientists sharing their findings with other scientists helps ensure the quality and reliability of scientific research.
What is peer review?
Mrs. Westlake is pretty great.
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