Scientific Method Vocabulary Review

The variable that is manipulated and graphed on the x-axis

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Quantitative

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Numerical data collected and organized into tables with both calculated and measured values

• Discrete data

• Qualitative data

• Continuous data

• Quantitative data

An explanation based on prior knowledge, research, or observations that can be tested with an experiment and either proven or disproven

• Question

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Theory

• Controlled Experiment

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Either a single object or objects and the items that immediately affect it

• Object

• Experiment

• System

• Model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The variable affected by the manipulated variable and graphed on the y-axis

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Quantitative

A well tested and supported explanation for experimental results

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A test conducted to gain data or evidence in which one variable is tested at a time

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

The beginning of the scientific method in which a scientist asks a question that allows them to study the natural world

• Scientific inquiry

• Experiment

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

An observed pattern in nature that always has the same outcome

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Data based on physical observations

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

• Discrete data

• Continuous data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1