Unit 0 Vocabulary - Scientific Investigation

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What is data?

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Information we collect by making observations. It can be numbers or words.

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What is an experiment?

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A test we do to see what will happen. We change one thing to see if it makes a difference.

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What is a hypothesis?

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It is what you think will happen in an experiment. You can say, "I think..."

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Method

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The steps you follow to do something. You have to follow the steps in the right order.

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What is an observation?

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When we use our senses—our eyes, ears, nose, hands and sometimes our mouth —- to learn about things around us.

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Phenomenon

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A thing that happens in the world. It is something we can see, feel, or hear.

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Qualitative data

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Describes things using words. It tells us about the qualities of something.

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Quantitative data

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Describes things using numbers. It tells us "how many" or "how much."

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The first step of doing science is to make an ____________.

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observation

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The second step of doing science is to ask a ____________.

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question