Scientific Inquiry

What is the investigation and exploration of natural events

and of new information that results from those

investigations?

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Science

What are factors in an experiment that remain the same?

• Inference

• Constant

• critical thinking

What is a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience?

• Inference

• Observation

• Scientific practice

what is a possible explanation about an observation that

can be tested by scientific investigation?

• Inference

• Science

• Hypothesis

Using one or more of your senses to gather information and take note of what occur.

• Observation

• Dependent variable

• Scientific theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

what is comparing what you already know with information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it?

• Critical thinking

• Variable

• Inference

What is the factor in an experiment that can have more than one value?

• Constant

• Variable

• Observation

A Problem solving techniques and skills used to investigate observations that can be made about living and nonliving things.

• Scientific practice

• Scientific inquiry

• Science

Tags

NGSS.2-LS2-1

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

NGSS.K-LS1-1

What is the factor measured or observed during an experiment?

• Variable

• Dependent variable

• Hypothesis

What is an explanation of observations or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations?

• Scientific theory

• Science

• Scientific inquiry