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Vocabulary
Study of Science
Scientific Method
Miscellaneous
100

The only factor that can change in an experiment, observation or model.

What is variable?

100

What is something scientists study?

Responses vary

100

What you use to record and display your data when looking for relationships among the variables.

What is a data table or graph?

100

The vocab word for when you have someone else repeat your experiment?

What is replication?

200
After makings observations you begin to draw these conclusions.
What is an inference?
200

Scientists must gather information using their five senses. They can't base science off of their opinions 

Observation

200

After making observations, inferences, and collecting information you create this which is a possible explanation of your observations and can be tested. It is written as an If.. Then... statement

What is a hypothesis?

200

What is an example of a scientific theory?

Cell theory, Big Bang theory, Atomic theory, Theory of plate tectonics

300
The investigation and exploration of natural events that occur in the world around us.
What is science?
300
A representation of something in the natural world, typically too small or large to study up close.
What is a model?
300

This step sums up and shares the results of an experiment.

What is conclusion?

300

What is an example of scientific law?

Law of gravity, Law of conservation of mass, Law of conservation of energy, Newton's Laws of motion

400
A well-supported explanation of the natural world (hint: explains WHY something happens).
What is theory?
400
The natural sciences are normally divided into the life, earth/space, and ________________.
What is physical science?
400

If a plant listens to music, then it will grow 3% faster. Is an example of what?

A hypothesis

400

How are societal laws different from scientific laws?

Societal laws are laws made by people with consequences when broken. Scientific laws describe a natural event

500
Describes a basic principle of nature that always occurs under certain conditions (hint: explains HOW something happens).
What is a law?
500

Give an example of a testable question.

Responses will vary

500

List the steps of the scientific method in order

Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Record and Analyze data, Write conclusion 

500

Why should experiments be replicated and repeated?

To double-check the results of the experiment.