Scientific Method Vocabulary

step by step process used to answer questions and solve problems

• demonstration

• question

• scientific method

• experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

an act of showing HOW something works

• demonstration

• question

• scientific method

• question

a scientific test or trial used to answer a question

• demonstration

• question

• scientific method

• experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a sentence asked to gain information

• demonstration

• question

• scientific method

• experiment

a statement that predicts an experiment's outcome, based on what you already know

• fact

• hypothesis

• observation

• opinion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

the act of watching carefully

• fact

• hypothesis

• observation

• opinion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

something that can be proven true

• fact

• hypothesis

• observation

• opinion

someone's feelings about a particular topic

• fact

• hypothesis

• observation

• opinion

anything that can change or be changed

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

one thing that you can change on purpose in an experiment, also called a controlled variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable