Scientific Investigations Vocab 7th

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

• Experiment
• Hypothesis
• Qualitative
• Quantitative 

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

• Hypothesis
• Data
• Scale
• Diagram

Information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Evidence
• Experiement

A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.

• Data
• Diagram
• Research
• Scale

Proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. Also formed as a prediction.

• Data
• Experiment
• Hypothesis
• Fact

What does this Triple Beam balance measure:

• Mass
• Length
• Volume
• Temperature

What does this graduated cylinder measure:

• Mass
• Length
• Volume
• Temperature

What does this Thermometer measure:

• Mass 
• Length
• Volume
• Temperature

What does this Meter Stick measure

• Mass
• Length
• Volume
• Temperature

A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles.

• Data
• Graph
• Instrument
• Scale