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to make a careful guess
What is to estimate?
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a plan for testing a hypothesis
What is a procedure?
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This kind of question cannot be answered by an investigation.
What is an opinion question?
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When you plan a scientific investigation, this is the best way to record the procedure you follow.
What is to write it out so that someone else can follow it?
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More Vocabulary... to draw a conclustion
What is to infer?
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an investigation carried out under carefully controlled conditions
What is an experiment?
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an object used to do work
What is a tool?
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You use your five senses to do this.
What is observe the world around you. (observe)
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I am a person who asks questions about the natural world.
What is a scientist?
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Vocabulary: This means to look for answers.
What is to investigate?
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a display that helps you compare data and see patterns
What is a bar graph?
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a list of questions or choices
What is a survey?
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This is the first step in conducting an experiment.
What is ask a question?
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A scientist is collecting data on the number of times that a cricket chirps per minute. This is the sense that s/he is most likely using.
What is sense of hearing?
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Vocabulary: This is the process of asking questions.
What is inquiry?
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pieces of information that you observe
What is data
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a kind of list
What is a chart?
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Vocabulary: When you do this you make a careful guess.
What is to estimate.
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This can help a scientist to understand very large objects.
What is a model?
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Vocabulary: To tell what you think might happen in the future.
What is to predict?
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a copy of something
What is a model?
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the quantity used to measure something
What is a unit of measure?
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This is the unit of measure you would use to measure the length of your desk.
What is centimeters?
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*Backwards You want to conduct an experiment measuring the time it takes to walk twenty feet. What two tools would you use? What do they measure?
I would use a (meterstick, yardstick, or measuring tape) which measures distance and a (stopwatch or clock) to measure time.
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Vocabulary: to use facts or prior knowledge to draw conclusions...
What is to infer?
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