Science Inquiry Vocabulary

The process of learning about the natural world through observation & experimentation

• Science

• Question

• Observation

• Prediction

something you ask in order to learn about a specific thing we want to know or understand

• Question

• Answer

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

a process that uses observations & inquiries to explain something

• Scientific Inquiry

• Investigation

• Control

• Variable

the skills people use to find information

• Inquiry Skills

• Variable

• Conclusion

• Prediction

using your 5 senses to gather information

• Observation

• Investigation

• Variable

• Experiment

following steps in order to find the answer to a question

• Investigation

• Looking for the answer in a book
• Asking someone else for the answer
• Researching and analyzing the question

an educated guess

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Assumption

• Fact

something that can be changed or measured

• Emotion
• Time
• Variable
• Infinity

the thing that CHANGES in an experiment

• Control variable
• Dependent variable
• Independent variable
• Hypothesis

the thing we measure or observe as a result of the independent variable

• Dependent variable
• Control variable
• Extraneous variable
• Confounding variable