The Scientific Method -Vocabulary

Scientific Method

• Information collected using one of the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, scent).

• A process that scientists use to answer questions. The steps guide investigations.

• A scientific test that can be used to support or disprove a hypothesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Observation

• Information collected using one of the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, scent).

• Any facts, numbers, or values obtained in an experiment.

• Any variable that does not change during an experiment. It is kept the same.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a prediction of whether the independent variable will have an effect on the dependent variable or a prediction of the nature of the effect.

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Results

Experiment

• A scientific test that can be used to support or disprove a hypothesis.

• A process that scientists use to answer questions. The steps guide investigations.

• The explanation or interpretation of experimental data. This includes calculations made from the data.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Control Variable

• Any variable that does not change during an experiment. It is kept the same.

• The variable that is changed by the researcher. There is only one in an experiment.

• The decision of whether the hypothesis should be accepted or rejected. It is one of the steps of the scientific method.

The variable that is changed by the researcher. There is only one in an experiment.

• Control Variable

• Middle Variable

• Independent Variable

Data

• The explanation or interpretation of experimental data. This includes calculations made from the data.

• Any facts, numbers, or values obtained in an experiment.

• The decision of whether the hypothesis should be accepted or rejected. It is one of the steps of the scientific method.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the explanation or interpretation of experimental data. This includes calculations made from the data.

• Results

• Conclusion

• Experiment

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Conclusion

• The explanation or interpretation of experimental data. This includes calculations made from the data.

• The decision of whether the hypothesis should be accepted or rejected. It is one of the steps of the scientific method.

• Any facts, numbers, or values obtained in an experiment.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3