The Scientific Method
Law and Theory
Graphing
Science tools
models
100

A testible idea that leads to an ivestigation.

What is a hypothesis?

100

This evidence includes observations and measurements.

What is empirical evidence?

100

The dependent variable is on the ___ axis.

What is the y-axis?

100

A description using numbers and units.

What is a measurement?

100

Use of a model to imitate functions/behavior

What is a simulation?

200

A factor that is deliberately manipulated.

What is an independent variable?

200

A stated, scientific fact

What is law?

200

The horizontal line on a graph.

What is the x-axis?

200

How close the measurement is to the true value.

What is accuracy?

200

A physical structure

What is a physical model?

300

The 3 defining categories of science.

What are Earth, Physical, and Life sciences?

300

Explains scientific laws

What is Theory?

300

A line on a graph with a smooth curve.

What is a nonlinear relation?

300

The exactness of a measurement.

What is precision?

300

A model using different forms of data to show an explanation. 

What is a mathematical model?

400

These sites ending in ____ and ____ are most trusted that a website ending in .com. 

What are .gov and .org?

400

This is a controlled environment for experiments.

What is a lab?

400

This goes down during the chewing gum lab.

What is the mass of the gum?

400

A short way of representing very large or very small numbers.

What is scientific notation?

400

How the system is organized

What is a conceptual model?

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