B.0 Scientific Method Vocab M&L

The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way

• Observation

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Controlled Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A logical interpretation based on what scientists already know

• Observation

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Controlled Experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A tentative scientific explanation that can be tested by further observation or by experimentation

• Observation

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Controlled Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

When a hypothesis is tested by an experiment in which only one variable is changed and all other variables should be kept unchanged.

• Observation

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Controlled Experiment

The variable that is deliberately changed in an experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

The variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for changes in the independent variable

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

Something scientist gather while they are observing their experiments

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A personal, rather than scientific, point of view, for or against something.

• Theory

• Bias

• Law

• Hypothesis

A tested, highly reliable scientific explanation of events in the natural world that unifies many repeated observations and incorporates durable, well- supported hypotheses that enable scientists to make accurate predictions

• Theory

• Bias

• Law

• Hypothesis