Vocabulary Check: What is Science?

The process of collecting data through the senses or measurement tools.

• observation

• experiment

• evidence

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A procedure in which variables are manipulated and data is collected as evidence needed to answer a scientific question.

• model

• hypothesis

• experiment

• observation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Data that is analyzed and interpreted to support a claim.

• model

• evidence

• data

• theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A proposed, testable explanation for something that happens.

• observation

• model

• experiment

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A representation of an idea or process.

• data

• evidence

• observation

• model

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A collection of measurements or observations.

• observation

• data

• hypothesis

• model

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A statement that uses evidence to support a claim about how or why something happens.

• explanation

• theory

• model

• experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A scientific explanation supported by a lot of evidence collected over a long period of time.

• argument

• theory

• law

• hypothesis

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

A statement that summarizes or describes the observations about our world and experiments

• explanation

• theory

• law

• argument

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

The process of using evidence to support or disprove claims.

• model

• evidence

• explanation

• argument

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4