Science Unit 1 Vocabulary

The study of the world around us.

• science

• flood

• overflow

People that learn about new things by observing, describing, and experimenting.

• flood

• scientist

• overflow

When a scientist tests out their hypothesis and observe to learn new things.

• Experiment
• Observation
• Prediction

1. 1. Ask a question

2. 2. Hypothesis (make a prediction)

3. 3. Experiment

4. 4. Collect Data / observations by doing the experiment

5. 5. Draw a conclusion

6. 6. Share the findings

• These are the steps for the scientific method
• These are the steps for cooking a meal
• These are the steps for writing a book

The extra amount of something, usually a liquid, that is not able to fit in the available space

• Overflow
• Underflow
• Inflow

An overflow of water on land that can change the land and the life around it.t

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Flood

Information (data) that uses NUMBERS to describe.

• Qualitative data
• Quantitative data
• Categorical data

Information (data) that uses words to describe

• Qualitative data
• Quantitative data
• Primary data