Scientific Method Vocabulary

Scientific Method

• A process that uses steps to answer questions or to test ideas about the world

• an educated guess

• a test

• the steps you follow in an experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Information you collect or gather during an experiment

• procedure

• observation

• data

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An educated guess

• scientific method

• conclusion

• data

• hypothesis

The factor the scientist changes during an experiment

• Data

• Dependent variable

• procedure

• Independent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Using your five senses to gather information

• Observation

• hypothesis

• Procedure

• Data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An observation that uses senses (smell, taste, touch, hearing, sight)

• Data

• Inference

• Qualitative Observation

• Quantitative observation

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Explanation of what you already know plus what you observe to make a judgment

• Independent variable

• Inference

• Qualitative Data

• Procedure

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

An observation that deals with numbers or amounts (size, temperature, weight, length)

• Dependent variable

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

• Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The steps you follow in an experiment

• Data

• Trial

• Hypothesis

• Procedure

A test

• Trial

• Data

• Conclusion

• Procedure