Science 8 Guaranteed Vocab

A limitation or restriction

• Constraint
• Criteria
• Inference
• Variable

Description based on an observable characteristic

• Quantitative
• Qualitative
• Variable
• Constraint

Description based on a number

• Quantitative
• Qualitative
• Hypothesis
• Inference

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• Hypothesis
• Variable
• Inference
• Constraint

A proposed explanation made on limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation

• Inference
• Educated Guess
• Question
• Hypothesis

An element, feature, or factor that is able to change

• Constraint
• Criteria
• Variable
• Factor

A wave in which particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

• transverse wave
• longitudinal wave
• mechanical wave
• water wave

A wave vibrating in the direction of movement

• transverse wave
• longitudinal wave
• mechanical wave
• water wave

A part of the wave where the wave is closer together

• Pressing
• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Volume

Component of a wave in which a medium's particles are further apart

• rarefactions
• compression
• spring
• longitudinal