Scientific Method

Science is a body of knowledge that explains the _______world.

• natural

• physical

• scientific

• unknown

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Gathering information with the senses:

• observation

• experiment

• hypothesis

• analysis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

All claims in science should be supported by :

• evidence

• theory

• law

• experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A proposed explanation that can be tested:

• hypothesis

• observation

• conclusion

• data

A statement based on what may happen, “if …then”: 

• prediction

• experiment

• analysis

• observation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Type of data that is measured with numbers; example: temperature of water:

• quantitative

• qualitative

• experimental

• observational

Type of data that is in the form of a description; example:  color of the water:

• qualitative

• quantitative

• experimental

• observational

A step-by-step procedure that is used to test a hypothesis: 

• experiment

• observation

• conclusion

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The thing that the scientist changes in an experiment:  _____ variable

• independent

• dependent

• controlled

• experimental

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is measured or observed in an experiment: _______ variable

• dependent

• independent

• controlled

• experimental

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1