Vocabulary 1
A statement that can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
The factors in an experiment that stay the same.
What is the constant?
You walk outside and smell smoke so somebody must have started their fire pit. This is an example of......
What is an inference?
An if....then....because statement.
What is a hypothesis?
Another word for hypothesis.
What is prediction?
Information that you gather with your 5 senses.
What is an observation?
To examine your data to see if your hypothesis was supported or not supported.
What is analyze?
The first step in the Scientific Method.
What is recognizing the problem or asking a question?
What an experimenter does after analyzing the test results.
What is draw conclusions?
The reason an experiment is repeated at least three times.
What is to get valid results?
Step-by-step procedure for scientific problem solving.
What is the Scientific Method?
The outcome you are measuring in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
A scientist publishes the results of their experiment. Which scientific method skill are they practicing?
What is communicating the results?
The last step in the Scientific Method.
What is the conclusion?
A scientific problem has no immediate ___________.
What is answer?
The one variable you change in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
The standard used for comparison.
What is the control?
The fourth step in the Scientific Method?
What is collect data?
What an experimenter does after forming a hypothesis.
What is test the hypothesis?
The process of understanding the world.
What is science?
A conclusion about an observation.
What is an inference?
A summary of the experiment and its findings.
What is the conclusion?
A series of carefully planned steps used to test a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
You recognize a problem in your backyard. What is your next step?
What is to form a hypothesis?
Only testing one variable at a time.
What is "so you know what caused the change?"