Nature of Science Vocab Pretest

a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

• scientific theory

• scientific law

• pseudoscience

• hypothesis

scientific law

• guiding ideas that scientists use to make predictions and develop new information about the natural world- beliefs about science being fact based not opinion based, the importance of multiple trials, precision in execution of the experimental data, etc

• an explanation of the natural world that has been repeatedly tested and verified through observations and investigations- "why" it happens

• a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.

• a detailed description of something observed in nature repeatedly tested and verified through observations and investigations- "what is happening"

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

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Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic

• independent variable

• qualitative data

• a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.

• quantitative data

The experimental factor that is tested; the variable whose effect is being studied.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control/constant

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Series of steps scientists take to prove or disprove a testable prediction in nature. Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment/Observational Study, Data Collection and Analysis, Conclusion

• investigation

• observation

• scientific method

• information acquired by observation or experimentation. Scientists record and analyze this data.

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Scientific principles

• guiding ideas that scientists use to make predictions and develop new information about the natural world- beliefs about science being fact based not opinion based, the importance of multiple trials, precision in execution of the experimental data, etc

• a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes

• An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

• a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

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A scientist who repeats an experiment or investigation exactly the same several times to assure the most accurate results.

• remediation

• replication

• repetition

• experimentation revision

A testable prediction, often implied by a theory

• educated guess

• conclusion

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

A scientist repeats a research study of another scientist or scientists, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the original finding extends to other participants and circumstances.

• repetition

• experiment revision

• replication

• control group

A detailed description of something observed in nature repeatedly tested and verified through observations and investigations- the "what" that is happening.

• scientific theory

• experiment

• pseudoscience

• scientific law