Studying Science and Engineering Process vocabulary

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When people collect information by using their five senses,​

​they make a(n)

• Observation

• Investigation

• Inference

• Conclusion

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When people ask questions, make observations, and use other methods to gather data about an event or​

​object, they are doing a(n)

• inference

• investigation
• observation

• Hypothesis

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A tool used to measure the mass of an object​

​is a(n)

• pan balance

• thermometer
• meterstick

• spring scale

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Someone who makes a statement that explains an ​

​observation is making a(n)

• inference

• draw conclusions

• Observation

• Investigation

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If you want to measure the pull of a force, such as the force of gravity, you would use a tool called​

​a(n)

• pan balance

• tool

• spring scale

• microscope

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A possible explanation or answer to a question.

• hypothesis

• Inference

• investigation

• observation

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A person who asks questions about the natural world.

• scientist
• artist
• engineer

• teacher

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To conceive something and to prepare the plans and drawings for it

to be built.

• Prototype

• Data

• Technology

• Design

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The original or model on which something is based.

• tool

• Prototype

• computer model

• technology

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Anything used to help people shape, build, or produce things to meet

their need.

• model

• prototype

• computer model

• tool

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A computer program that models an event or object.

• data

• desing

• computer model

• simulation

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Individual facts, statistics, and items of information.

• data

• observation

• hypothesis

• draw conclusion

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A representation of something real that is too big, too small,

or has too many parts to investigate directly.

• model
• engeenering

• prototype

• tool

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A tool that measures mass.

• pan scale

• meterstick

• spring scale

• thermometer

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A tool that measures forces, such as weight.

• spring scale

• thermometer
• microscope

• pan balance

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A tool that makes an object look several times bigger.

• telescope
• microscope

• spring scale

• pan balance

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Any designed system, product, or process used to solve

problems.

• design

• engineering

• prototype

• Technology

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The use of scientific and mathematical principles to develop

something practical.

• computer model

• technology

• prototype

• Engineering

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A model that has the dimension of height as

well as width and length

• two dimensional model

• Three-dimensional model

• computer model

• technology

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A model that has the dimensions of length and

width only.

• three dimensional model

• two-dimensional model

• computer model

• prototype

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The study of the natural world.

• geography
• scientists

• mathematics
• science