Nature of Science FSA Practice

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What involves using your five senses to gather data and information about the world around you?

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Observations

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What is the term for the independent variable that is used for comparison and does not change?

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Control

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What is the variable changed by a scientist in order to study changes in an investigation?

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Test Variable

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What is NOT a reason why it is important that an experiment can be repeated by someone else?

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To show all the errors the experimenter made during the experiment.

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What is the BEST description of what Katie did when she stated her experiment shows that the more times a wire is wrapped around the nail, the stronger the electromagnet becomes?

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Draw a conclusion.

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What is the scientific method?

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A systematic process for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.

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What is a hypothesis?

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A testable prediction about the relationship between two or more variables.

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What is a controlled experiment?

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An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time to isolate the effects of that variable.

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What is a dependent variable?

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The variable that is measured or observed in an experiment.

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What is an independent variable?

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The variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment.