Nature of Science

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What should Gabriella do first to investigate the effect of temperature on the amount of food birds eat?

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develop a question

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What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

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question/problem

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The variable is the ONE thing you _____.

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change on purpose

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What are the factors held constant in an experiment?

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Things that do not change in a experiment. It's the variable that stays the same. There can be more than one.

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What is being kept constant? Options: ramp height, speed of the ball rolling, type of ball

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ramp height

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A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

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scientific method

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The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

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data

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What is an observation?

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Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

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hypothesis

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prediction

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What sense is used to observe the number of times a cricket chirps per minute? Options: hearing, smell, sight, touch

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hearing