Scientific Method Vocabulary Week #2 Review

Observation

• a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

• a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes.

• use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

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Hypothesis

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

• a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes.

• a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

Scientist

• a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

•  plan for asking questions and testing possible answers.

• use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

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Model

• use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

• a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes

• the one in the experiment that you can change.

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Control

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

• Compare the hypothesis to the results of the experiment.

• a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

Independent Variable

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

• Compare the hypothesis to the results of the experiment.

• the one thing in the experiment that you can change.

Investigation

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

• use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

• plan for asking questions and testing possible answers.

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Analyze

• Comparing your hypothesis to your results.

• the change that happens because of the independent variable.

• the one thing in the experiment that you can change.

Infer

• Comparing your hypothesis to your results.

• the one thing in the experiment that you can change.

• an idea or conclusion that’s drawn from evidence and reasoning.

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Dependent Variable

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

• the change that happens because of the independent variable.

• the one thing in the experiment that you can change.