Flashcards Vocab Scientific Minds

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Observation

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Anything detected with senses that is noticed. It is a fact.

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NGSS.4-LS1-2

NGSS.5-PS1-3

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Hypothesis

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Possible explanation or answer to a scientific question.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Controlled Experiment

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Experiment in which only one variable is changed.

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Independent Variable

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Factor in a controlled experiment that is changed on purpose.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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Dependent Variable

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Variable that is observed and changes in response to the independent variable; it is what we measure and the data we collect.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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Control Group

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The group that does not receive the change. We use it to compare results to.

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Data

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Evidence; information gathered from observations.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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Experimental Group

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The group in the experiment that receives 'the change'.

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Constants

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All the things in an experiment that remain the same between both groups.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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X-Axis

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The Horizontal plane of a graph ↔.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1