Unit 1 Vocabulary

Societal rules of conduct or moral principles that should be followed when conducting scientific investigations

• scientific theory
• ethics
• bias
• trials

Broad explanation that is widely accepted because it is supported by a great deal of evidence.

• science
• scientific theory
• scientific law
• biology

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The scientific investigation made under controlled conditions to test the validity of a hypothesis.

• observation
• experiment
• hypothesis
• control group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The study of life and living things

• science
• scientific theory
• scientific law
• biology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Anything detected with the senses, which include sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

• observation
• hypothesis
• experiment
• experimental group

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Intentional or unintentional prejudice toward a specific outcome in a scientific investigation or experiment

• biology
• bias
• ethics
• trials

Assumption or prediction to a scientific question that can be tested. normally in an "if-then" format

• observation
• hypothesis
• constants
• experimental group

A way of gaining knowledge about the natural world that depends on evidence, reasoning, and repeated testing.

• science
• scientific theory
• scientific law
• biology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The difference between the highest and lowest values in the set.

• trials
• range
• average / mean
• International System of Units (SI)

The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested

• hypothesis
• experimental group
• control group
• constants