Science vocab #1

The speed of something in a given direction.

• slope

• velocity

• constant

• distance

The act of solving problems by organizing an experiment, analyzing the evidence, and using scientific reasoning.

• science

• social studies

• English

• math

The one part of an experiment that changes because you (or the scientist) change it before it begins. It is the CAUSE.

• Dependent variable

• Constant

• Independent variable

• Graph

The one part of an experiment that changes after the experiment begins because you changed the Independent Variable. It is the EFFECT.

• Constant

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Hypothesis

The things in an experiment that remain the same.

• Constants

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Graph

A prediction statement that states the outcome of your scientific experiment based on previous scientific discoveries.

• Evidence

• Guess

• Data

• Hypothesis

A strategy to interpret graphs by asking…

What do I see?

&

What does it mean?

• Hypothesis

• Claim

• I - squared statement

• Interpretation

how close a measured value is to the true measured value of that item

• Precision

• Distance

• Accuracy

• Velocity

How reproducible a measurement is

• Precision

• Velocity

• Distance

• Accuracy

A measurement that is fully described by that measurement alone.

• Vector quantity

• Scalar quantity

• Slope

• Ruler