Unit 1: Introduction to Science

Are mark, statement, or comment based on something you have seen, heard, or noticed.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Elaborated communication

An educated guess or statement.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Elaborated communication

A conclusion based on information that you know by using evidence and logical reasoning.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Elaborated communication

A way to write or speak by being very descriptive and detail oriented.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Elaborated communication

The variable that does not depend on anything else.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Constant/control variable

• Inquiry

The variable that the value depends on something else

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Constant/control variable

• Inquiry

The variable that does not change, remains the same

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Constant/control variable

• Inquiry

Asking for information, questioning, investigating

• Inquiry

• Constant/control variable

• Evidence

• Dependent variable

Facts or information showing the validity of something

• Evidence

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Dependent variable

Stating that something is the case

• Evidence

• Claim

• Prediction

• Reasoning