Nature of Science

You use your five senses to describe something

• observation
• prediction
• experiment
• conclusion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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-LS1-5

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

What is a hypothesis?

• Your best "educated guess" of what the answer to your question will be
• An untestable statement
• Whatever the teacher tells you is the truth
• An experiment

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

A hypothesis is simply a prediction that has not yet been _.

• proven or disproven
• made into a theory
• results calculated
• written about

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The factors in an experiment that can be changed. 

• variables
• quantitative data
• hypothesis
• steps

A scientist is collecting data on the number of times a cricket chips per minute. What sense is the scientist most likely using to make observations?

• hearing
• smell
• sight
• touch

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8