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

a scientific test or trial used to answer a question

• demonstration

• question

• scientific method

• experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• fact

• hypothesis

• observation

• opinion

the act of watching carefully

• fact

• hypothesis

• observation

• opinion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

anything that can change or be changed

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

the thing that you measure in an experiment, the outcome of the experiment

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable

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

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is a ____________________.

• conclusion

• procedures

• materials

• responding variable

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A _________________ is a test that is performed to support or disprove a hypothesis.

• Observation

• Experiment

• Classifying

• Guessing