SRD - Scientific Reasoning

______________requires a logical way of thinking based on gathering and evaluating evidence.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Making decisions and drawing conclusions based on available evidence is considered to be ________

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Drawing conclusions on too little data may be considered ...

• deductive reasoning

• inductive reasoning

• faulty reasoning

A well tested explanation for wide range of observations and experimental results.

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Law

• Hypothesis

Being _________ means personal feelings that have entered into a decision or conclusion.

A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

• Hypothesis

Why is it important for an experiment to contain a control?

• So that scientists can take measurements
• So that scientists can compare what has the effect in the experiment
• So that scientists can make observations
• So that scientists can hypothesize

Observations that are in numeric form are called_______.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Control
• Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is science? Select all that may apply.

• A systemic investigation of the natural world

• The absence of human disturbance

• A process to understand the natural world.

• The totality of the natural world

Describe the experimental group.

• The group that stays the same

• the group that receives the treatment or test

• the group that is in its natural state

• the group that changes

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5