Learn Unit 1A Nature of Science vocabulary

a way of learning about the natural world

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​Science

a test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery

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Experiment​

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a careful search or examination in order to discover facts

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Investigation​

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factor that is changed by the scientist to test a hypothesis.

"I change"​

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(independent)

tested variable

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factor that is being measured in an experiment.

"detect the data"​

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(dependent)

outcome variable

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all those things that must be kept the same during the investigation to produce a fair test

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(constants)​

controlled variable

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the group that does not receive the experimental treatment

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​control group

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A scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it

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​hypothesis

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numberical data

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​quantitative data

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information describing color, odor, shape,

or some other physical characteristics​

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​qualitative data

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​using one or more of your senses to gather information

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​observations

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​finding logical patterns in the data, usually by graphing

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​analysis

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​states whether the prediction was confirmed or not by the data, explains the results

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​conclusion

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​an attempt by a different group of scientists to conduct the same experiment

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​replication

​doing multiple trials of the same experiment

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​repetition

​explaining or interpreting the things you observe

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​inferring

​making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence

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​predicting

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Match the following parts of an experiment set up

• things kept the same in an experiment

• factor the experimenter changes

• factor that is measured

• does NOT receive the experiment treatment

• procedure done to test a hypothesis

controlled variables

independent variable

dependent variable

control group

experiment

• controlled variables

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control group

• experiment

Match

Match the following

• a different scientist conducts the same experiment

• what will happen in the future based on evidence

• doing multiple trials of the same experimet

• interpreting the things you observe

• examination to discover facts

replication

prediction

repetition

inferring

investigation

• replication

• prediction

• repetition

• inferring

• investigation

Match

Match the parts of a controlled experiment

• finding patterns in the data

• explains experiment results

• using senses to gather information

• doing multiple trials

• If...then statement that gives a prediction of what will happen in the test

analysis

conclusion

observation

repetition

hypothesis

• analysis

• conclusion

• observation

• repetition

• hypothesis

Match

Match the following words

• quantitative

• qualitative

• science

has to do with numbers

describes data without using numbers

a way of learning about the natural world

• has to do with numbers

• describes data without using numbers

• a way of learning about the natural world

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