The Nature of Science Review

The ability to consistently repeat a measurement.

• precision

• inference

• data

• procedure

What are appropriate materials to reference before beginning your investigation?

• friend

• scientific journals

• neighbor

• guess

What can be learned about fossils through observation?

• shape

• size

• age

• name

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Why should scientists base their investigation on observations and data instead of opinions?

• no one cares

• because they want to

• opinions are better

• Opinions are not facts

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What tool is used to measure mass?

• balance

• thermometer

• spring scale

• microscope

Sometimes the results of an investigation are not what we expected. When this happens what should a scientist do?

• change the results

• defend the results as correct

• plan another investigation to test the results of the first one

Something you find out using your senses

• observation

• variable

• hypothesis

• procedure

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The use of scientific methods to test a hypothesis.

• inference

• evidence

• experiment

• data

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A conclusion based on observations and prior knowledge

• accuracy

• precision

• evidence

• inference

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Observations that you use to prove something is true

• variable

• observation

• evidence

• control group

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