Science Skills
Experiments
Variables
Vocabulary
100
This is what scientists use instead of using the actual object due to object being too large, too small, too fast or too slow to observe.
What is models?
100
Trials
What is the number of times you repeat the experiment.
100
The factor that is changed in an experiment?
What is an independent or manipulated variable?
100
Hypothesis
What is a statement about a problem that can be tested.
200
A science skill that means examining something very closely
What is observing?
200
This is why you should run more than one trial during experiments.
What do you do because many trials can be compared for more accurate results.
200
The factor that changes because of what you did to the independent (or manipulated) variable.
What is the dependent or responding variable.
200
data table.
What is a way to organize information in columns and rows?
300
Inferring
What is a science skill explaining why something happens
300
To keep the experiment constant so your results will be accurate.
What is only change one variable in an experiment?
300
Factor or factors that are kept the same in an experiment.
What is the controlled variable. (Or control)
300
Inferring
What is explaining why something happened.
400
Qualitative observations
What are observations dealing with the quality of something. The color, taste, texture, etc.
400
a procedure designed to test a hypothesis
What is an experiment?
400
To keep the experiment constant so your results will be accurate. (So you will KNOW what causes the results you see.)
What is the reason you should change only one variable in an experiment?
400
Trials
What is the number of times you complete an experiment and is often run several times during an experiment?
500
Quantitative observations
What are observations dealing with numbers. Two cars, four hundred pounds, etc.
500
Draw a conclusion.
What is the last part of your experiment?
500
Ask the question or identify the problem.
What is the first thing you do in the scientific method and before the experiment?
500
Factors that can change in an experiment.
What is variables?
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