5th Grade Science Vocabulary Final

a test to try to answer a question in science

(Nature of Science)

• experiment

• observe

• inference

• prediction

information learned using the senses

(Nature of Science)

• observation

• conclusion

• prediction

• communicate

an idea or answer based on facts

(Nature of Science)

• conclusion

• inference

• prediction

• organize

an idea that is based on what you already know and what you observe

(Nature of Science)

• inference

• prediction

• communicate

• analyze

a statement about what is likely to happen in the future

(Nature of Science)

• prediction

• observation

• inference

• conclusion

information in the form of number that is found using a tool

(Nature of Science)

• measurement

• symbol

• key

• model

a careful study of something very closely

(Nature of Science)

• experiment

• investigation

• variable

• result

anything that can change, or vary, in an experiment

(Nature of Science)

• variable

• result

• dependent variable

• hypothesis

information supported by observations and evidence

(Nature of Science)

• fact

• opinion

• inference

• organize

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.

(Nature of Science)

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• data

• control group