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Vocab 3
Scientific Method
Scientific Method 2
100
What is Science?
Knowledge; to know
100
What is a Graph?
A visual display of information or data.
100
What is Matter?
Anything that takes up space and has mass.
100
What is the Scientific Method?
A pattern of investigation procedures.
100
Do the steps to the scientific method need to be done in order?
No
200
What is Biology?
Study of the living world
200
What is Geology?
Study of the Earth and the process that occur on the Earth
200
What is Mass?
A measurement of the quantity of matter in an object.
200
What is an Experiment?
When a scientist tests the effect of one thing on another using a control.
200
What are Constants?
Things that never change when other variables change.
300
What is Chemistry?
Study of matter at the atomic level
300
What is Physics?
Study of matter at the concrete/physical level
300
What is Density?
Mass per unit of volume of a material.
300
What is a Hypothesis?
A possible answer to a question or a possible solution to a problem based on what you already know and what you have observed
An educated guess
300
What is a Control?
A standard by which the test results can be compared to.
400
What are Patterns?
A regular or recurring structure, arrangement, or sequence of events that can be observed or predicted
400
What is a Model?
Something that represents an idea, event, or object to help people better understand it.
400
What is a "Degree of Error"?
The extent to which a measurement deviates from the true or actual value.
400
What is the Independent Variable?
The variable you manipulate in an experiment to study or explore its effects.
400
What is the Dependent Variable?
The variable that depends on changes made to the independent variable.
500
What is Bias?
When a scientist’s expectations change how the results are analyzed or conclusions are formed
500
What is a scientific theory?
An explanation based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
500
What is a Scientific Law?
A statement about what happens in nature and that seems to be true all of the time.
500
What are the 6 steps to the scientific method?
Observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, results/data/analysis, and conclusion
500
1000 point question!!!
In the following experiment, identify the independent and dependent variable, two constants, and the control.
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