Scientific Method
This term means "to examine something and determine its elements and relationships"
What is analyze?
This is a typical value used in data analysis
What is average?
This verb means to influence or produce a change in something
What is affect?
This is data or observations that support a claim or conclusion
What is evidence?
To assess or determine the significance of something based on evidence
What is evaluate?
When you "make plain or understandable; give reasons for or causes of," you do this
What is explain?
These are variations or changes over time in data
What are fluctuations?
This noun refers to what happens as a consequence of an event
What is effect?
This is a statement supported by scientific evidence
What is a claim?
A representation used to explain and understand phenomena
What is a model?
This term means "to put a name to or to name"
What is identify?
This is a general direction in which something is changing over time
What is a trend?
This term refers to something that contributes to the occurrence of an event
What is cause?
These are standards or rules to evaluate solutions
What are criteria?
A negative aspect or disadvantage of a solution
What is a drawback?
To "show or prove to be right or reasonable" is to do this
What is justify?
These are repeated or predictable occurrences in data or natural systems
What are patterns?
This describes the effect or influence something has on another system or organism
What is impact?
This term means something is based on logic or evidence and scientifically sound
What is valid?
A decision that gains one benefit at the expense of another
What is a trade-off?