The Practice of Science Vocabulary Review

The variable that is measured in an experiment; another variable can affect it.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

• constant

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An assumption or conclusion about what was seen, smelled, heard, touched, and/or tasted.

• observation

• hypothesis

• analysis

• inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A procedure done to test (support or refute) a hypothesis.

• analysis

• experiment

• conclusion

• observation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An explanation of what one observes or what one thinks will happen. It must be testable and measurable.

• hypothesis

• analysis

• conclusion

• experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A collection of ideas and beliefs mistakenly regarded as scientific, but are not supported by evidence.

• neuroscience

• astronomy

• science

• pseudoscience

The step of the scientific method that comes right after conducting an experiment; the data is put into charts and graphs for interpretation.

• observations

• inferences

• analysis

• research

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Collected information that is described using one or more of the five senses.

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

• research

• inferences

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

It consists of using one or more of the five senses and it allows us to make an assumption about something.

• hypothesis

• inference

• analysis

• observation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

An explanation of the overall results of an experiment.

• conclusion

• analysis

• inference

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations. It describes how something happens.

• analysis

• scientific law

• scientific theory

• scientific fact