JD-What is Science? Vocabulary

The process of collecting data through the SENSES or MEASUREMENT TOOLS

• Observation

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

• Law

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A PROCEDURE in which variables are MANIPULATED and quantitative or qualitative data are collected to serve as the basis for evidence needed to answer a scientific question.

• Argument

• Experiment

• Law

• Model

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A PROPOSED, TESTABLE EXPLANATION for something that happens in NATURE

• Theory

• Conclusion

• Data

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

DATA that is analyzed and interpreted to SUPPORT or REFUTE a CLAIM

• Theory

• Experiment

• Evidence

• Law

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

A STATEMENT that uses EVIDENCE to support a CLAIM about HOW or WHY something in NATURE happens

• Explanation

• Data

• Experiment

• Model

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

A FINAL DECISION or judgement; an OPINION or DECISION that is formed AFTER a period of thought or research

• Conclusion

• Data

• Law

• Theory

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

The process of using EVIDENCE to SUPPORT or REFUTE CLAIMS

• Conclusion

• Experiment

• Argument

• Law

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

STATEMENT or MATHEMATICAL EQUATION that describes a PATTERN observed in the NATURAL WORLD

• Argument

• Model

• Theory

• Law

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

EXAMINE carefully and in detail so as to IDENTIFY causes, key factors, and possible results

• Analyze

• Explanation

• Model

• Observation

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

A COLLECTION of MEASUREMENTS and OBSERVATIONS

• Experiment

• Data

• Hypothesis

• Argument

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3