Scientific Method Vocabulary Quiz

form an idea of an expected outcome based on observations or experience

• Variable

• Control

• Hypothesis

• Predict

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

use logical reasoning to explain events and draw conclusions based on observations

• Variable

• Infer

• Data

• Control

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

factors that change in an experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Variables

• Control

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

factor in an experiment that is the result/response of changing an independent variable

• Control

• Variable

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

to design ways to collect data to test a hypothesis through an investigation under controlled conditions

• Experiment

• Controlled Experiment

• Data

• Predict

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

factor in an experiment that YOU change (remember the I)

• Control

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Variables

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

facts or evidence gathered through observation to reach a conclusion, often displayed visually

• Infer

• Experiment

• Control

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

an educated prediction about what you think will happen in an experiment. It must be testable. It is usually written as an “if/then” statement.

• Predict

• Hypothesis

• Infer

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

factor used in an experiment that must remain constant and doesn’t change

• Control

• Controlled Experiment

• Variables

• Hypothesis

an experiment where only one variable is changed at a time

• Control

• Experiment

• Infer

• Controlled Experiment