Practice of Science

Scientists have MANY trials so their results are 

• countable
• graphable
• reliable
• hard to understand

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Jonathan and Sarah have performed an experiment and are not sure their results are valid.
What should they do to check their results?

• average their data
• change their lab report
• perform a new experiment
• repeat the same experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The factor in an experiment that will be changed. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• controlled variable
• inferences 

You use your five senses to describe something

• observation
• prediction
• experiment
• conclusion

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results, and referrers to the hypothesis using data. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. (not changed)

• experimental group
• control group
• data
• variables

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The test of a hypothesis is called a

• control
• dependent variable
• conclusion
• experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A possible explanation to a problem or question that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact