Science Basics

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world and how it works.

• Daydreaming

• Science

• Imagining

• Reading

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A series of steps followed to solve problems using collected data to form a conclusion.

• Scientific Method
• Hypothesis
• Metric System
• Measurements

A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.

• experiment
• hypothesis
• conclusion
• data

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• experiment
• factor
• variable
• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The step in the scientific method where data is used to solve a problem.

• analysis
• conclusion
• hypothesis
• results

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis. Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.

• Hypothesis

• Variables

• Experiment

• Data

Part of the experiment that is manipulated/changed by the scientist performing the experiment.

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• analysis
• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the part of the experiment that is affected by the independent variable.

• independent variable
• control
• procedures
• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A factor that can change in an experiment

• variable
• data
• control
• analysis

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A sample in which no variables are tested, thus serving as a basis for comparison

• factor
• design
• control
• variable