Nature of Science FSA Vocab. Gr. 3

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A statement that can be tested.

• inference

• data

• hypothesis

• variable

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when you use what you know or prior knowledge to tell what will happen next or in the future.

• investigation

• observe

• hypothesis

• predict

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when you use your senses to notice details

• investigation

• observe

• hypothesis

• variable

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The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence. You offer an explanation of what you observed.

• inference

• data

• microscope

• variable

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an instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times

• experiment

• observe

• microscope

• predict

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a tall narrow container with a volume scale used to measure liquids

• graduated cylinder

• observe

• microscope

• predict

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a systematic process that uses various types of data and logic and reasoning to better understand something or answer a question.

• investigation

• data

• hypothesis

• variable

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a test done to gather evidence

• experiment

• observe

• hypothesis

• predict

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how hot or how cold something is

• graduated cylinder

• observe

• microscope

• temperature

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a temperature scale used by scientists

• graduated cylinder

• Celsius

• microscope

• temperature

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a systematic description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object or phenomenon. These can be material, visual, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the construction of scientific theories.

• model

• Celsius

• scientific method

• scientist

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more than one piece of information

• graduated cylinder

• Celsius

• microscope

• data

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the decision or result made at the end of an investigation

• model

• conclusion

• scientific method

• scientist

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anything that can change or be changed

• variable

• data table

• Celsius

• conclusion

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when data is used to show whether a hypothesis is correct or not

• evidence

• Celsius

• microscope

• data

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a process that uses science process skills as tools to gather, organize, analyze, and communicate information

• evidence

• Celsius

• scientific method

• data

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a person with expert knowledge of one or more sciences, that engages in processes to acquire and communicate knowledge

• evidence

• Celsius

• scientific method

• scientist

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a tool used to measure mass

• pan balance

• thermometer

• Celsius

• scientist

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a display that organizes data into rows and columns

• temperature

• data table

• Celsius

• conclusion

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a statement that can be supported by evidence from an investigation

• model

• conclusion

• claim

• scientist