Vocab
Scientific Inquiry
Important Stuff to Know
Experimenting
100
You will be able to make these based off of your observations.
What is an inference?
100
Have I read the procedures?
What is planning?
100
It is important to do this to validate your results.
What are repeated trials?
100
This is something you change in an experiment.
What is a variable?
200
When you make a prediction, also known as this, you forecast what might happen in the future.
What is hypothesis?
200
How do I answer the problem statement and related questions?
What is reporting?
200
Scientists use this to store and organize information collected during an investigation.
What are data tables?
200
This is used to see the effect of the test variable on the outcome variable.
What is control group?
300
A way for scientists to explain to understand the world around them is use one of these. A globe is a perfect example.
What is a model?
300
What steps do I need to take to implement my plan?
What is implementing?
300
When we have an explanation, it must be linked to this in our investigation.
What is evidence?
300
This is the variable that you test
What is independent (test) variable?
400
The difference between this and an observation is that this is what you think and observations are what you observe using your senses. An example would be, "Man this class is boring!"
What is an opinion?
400
What do I want to find out?
What is questioning?
400
This is the item you use to find the measurement of a liquid.
What is a graduated cylinder?
400
This is a variable that you keep the same throughout the experiment.
What is constant?
500
In observations, quantitative observations are that using numbers while this kind of observation is when you use words to describe what you have observed.
What is qualitative?
500
Was my prediction supported or not?
What is concluding?
500
This is the unit in which temperature is measured.
What is Celsius?
500
This is the variable you are measuring.
What is dependent (outcome) variable?