Week 1-2 Vocabulary

The study of the natural world is

• science

• math

• technology

• everything

What is an organized scientific study of the natural world that may include making systematic observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results , drawing conclusions and/ or communicating results.

• experiment

• investigation

• observation

• poop

What is Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments

• inference

• science

• observation

• experiment

What is evidence?

• A Scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question

• what you collect on bad guys

• the information used to know something

• a test that is not controlled and does not answer questions.

Which is an example of an inference?

• She is wet .

• The dog is blue.

• He is wet, it must be raining

• The sky is falling.

What is an experiment?

• has multiple variables

• something fun with science

• an investigation where conditions are controlled

• an investigation

To state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data and observations is to...

• know

• guess

• inference

• predict

Which of these is an example of a model?

• a globe

• a car

• house

• bus

What is a variable?

• something that changes

• a controlled part of an experiment

• an event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to student or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment

• your brain

A question that can be answered through an experiment or observation makes it ...

• testable

• a solution

• the problem

• hamburger