4th Grade: Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

A Scientist:

• Asks questions about the natural world.

• Information collected by using the five senses.

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

NGSS.K-LS1-1

Science is:

• The study of the natural world.

• Information collected by using the five senses.

An Observation is:

• Information collected by using the five senses.

• The study of the natural world.

An Investigation is:

• A way that scientists answer questions.

• The one thing you change in

  an experiment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A Hypothesis is:

• An idea or explanation that can be tested with an investigation.

• A fair test.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An Inference is:

• A statement that explains an observation.

• Thinking about how things are the same and different.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A Microscope is:

• A tool for looking at objects that cannot be seen with the eye alone.

• Used to measure mass (grams)

A Pan Balance is:

• Used to measure mass (grams)

• Used to measure force (Newtons)

A Spring Scale is:

• Used to measure force (Newtons)

• Bits of information you observe.

Data is:

• Bits of information you observe.

• A tool for looking at objects that cannot be seen with the eye alone.