Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is an observation? 

• The group being tested. 
• Process of making assumptions about the gathered data. 
• Data that our 5 senses gather about the environment. 

What is an inference? 

• The group being tested. 
• Process of making assumptions about the gathered data. 
• Data that our 5 senses gather about the environment. 

What is a claim? 

• A  statement that answers the original question/problem
• Scientific Data that supports the claim. Data must be appropriate and sufficient. 
• The explanation for why your evidence supports your claim; includes knowledge that you have about the topic.

Define evidence (think Claim, Evidence, Reasoning.)

• A  statement that answers the original question/problem
• Scientific Data that supports the claim. Data must be appropriate and sufficient. 
• he explanation for why your evidence supports your claim; includes knowledge that you have about the topic.

What is reasoning? 

• A  statement that answers the original question/problem
• Scientific Data that supports the claim. Data must be appropriate and sufficient
• The explanation for why your evidence supports your claim; includes knowledge that you have about the topic.

What is a procedure? 

• A step by step list or recipe for your experiment. 
• An element that is remaining the same. 
• Group not being tested. 

What is the independent variable in an experiment? 

• A variable that is remaining the same. 
• The effect or the output. 
• The explanation for why your evidence supports your claim. 

What is the dependent variable? 

• A variable that is remaining the same. 
• Scientific data that supports the claim. 
• The effect or the output. 

What is a hypothesis? 

• An explanation that is a starting point for more investigation. An if….then….because statement.
• Process of making decisions and assumptions about the gathered data. 
• Scientific data that supports the claim. 

What is a "constant" in an experiment? 

• Controlled or set variables in an experiment. 
• The group being tested. 
• Data that our 5 senses gather about the environment.