Nature of Science Vocabulary

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objects or ideas that represent other things; they help us to understand objects or ideas that are too small or too big to see with our eyes

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model

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a procedure carried out to carefully observe the natural world that may include making systematic observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results; to study or test something in order to learn more about it

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investigation

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a procedure of steps carried out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis/answer a question

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experiment

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When a scientist (student) conducts the same experiment as another scientist to verify results, and the same results are collected regardless of who is conducting the experiment.

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Replication

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What is the term for conducting the exact same experiment over and over again?

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repetition

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multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation

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trials

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The measure of how close the result is to the actual value when taking measurements or recording observations.

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accuracy

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information/measurements that are collected from an observation, experiment or investigation; scientists analyze and record this information in order to draw conclusions

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evidence

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The portion of an experiment that you do NOTHING to; it serves as a comparison to the experimental group; it is what you will use to compare to the other lab outcomes.

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control group

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Any factor in an experiment that can be changed in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.

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variable