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To form a hypothesis
What is the second step in the scientific method
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Use one or more of your senses to learn about something
What is to observe
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Examples include: performing an experiment, observing the natural world, and/or making a model
What are different ways of collecting data
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Reporting (sharing) conclusions so others can repeat the experiment and learn from it
What is communication
100
A test used to support, or disprove, a hypothesis
What is an experiment
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Share what you have learned
What is the fifth step in the scientific method
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A statement that can be tested to answer a question
What is a hypothesis
200
Examples include: using a table, graph, diagram, map, and/or group of pictures
What are ways of organizing data
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Melted rock found in volcanoes and deep inside Earth
What is magma
200
Records (i.e. information, facts, statistics, details, etc.) gathered from observations
What is data
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Test the hypothesis
What is the third step in the scientific method
300
To organize data and look for patterns and errors
What is analyze
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Examples include: classify, measure, use numbers, make a model, and use variables
What are types of inquiry skills
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The magma expelled by a volcano during an eruption
What is lava
300
The variables that are kept the same in an experiment
What are controlled variables
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Make observations and ask questions
What is the first step in the scientific method
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The variable that changes in an experiment
What is an independent variable
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Either test the hypothesis with new experiments using different methods, or conclude the hypothesis is incorrect and form a new hypothesis to test
What are things scientists do when the results of an experiment do not support the tested hypothesis
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To treat living things, the environment, and one another with respect
What is responsibility
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The results of an experiment
What is a conclusion
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Analyze data and draw conclusions
What is the fourth step in the scientific method
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These help you gather information and answer questions
What are inquiry skills
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To look for patterns in the data that show connections between important variables in the hypothesis being tested
What is data analysis
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The sample that is not exposed to the independent variable
What is the control sample
500
The variable being tested in an experiment; what is being observed and measured
What is a dependent variable