Nature of Science Vocabulary

what you notice with your five senses

• model

• hypothesis

• inference

• observation

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

how scientists go about asking and answering questions

• hypothesis

• scientific inquiry

• experiment

• investigation

Tags

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

all the facts and information scientists gather

• data

• conclusion

• inference

• control group

Tags

NGSS.2-LS2-1

a prediction or possible explanation for a question that needs to be investigated

• experiment

• data

• scale

• hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.2-LS2-1

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

carefully planned test of a hypothesis

• investigation

• control group

• experiment

• scale

Tags

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

a statement that sums up the results of an investigation

• data

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• observation

studying the natural world without interference or manipulation

• experiment

• scientific inquiry

• investigation

• inference

the group in a study that is used to compare the results of the other group; does not receive the independent variable

• scale

• hypothesis

• model

• control group

a conclusion based on knowledge and evidence; a guess based on observations

• inference

• experiment

• conclusion

• data

Tags

NGSS.1-LS3-1

a representation of an object or process

• control group

• data

• scale

• model

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NGSS.K-2-ETS1-2