Nature of Science Vocabulary Review

sensory experiences that allow scientists to collect data on the natural world

• dependent variable

• experimental group

• observation

• quantitative data

• control group

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a variable that changes as a result of a change in the tested variable; the data collected in an experiment

• observation

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• scientific law

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

the group in the experiment that receives the variable being tested

• SI

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• experimental group

• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

data that includes descriptions and observations 

• constant

• qualitative data

• science

• scientific notation

• scientific theory

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a standard system of measurements used throughout Science and most of the world and based on units of ten

• SI

• Science

• Scientific law

• Hypothesis

• Constant

a variable that is not changed in an experiment

• inference

• science

• experimental group

• SI

• constant

A form of presenting very large, or very small, numbers in a simpler form

• scientific law

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

• independent variable

• scientific notation

a rule that describes a pattern in nature but does not try to explain why something happens

• scientific theory

• scientific law

• scientific notation

• science

• inference

a possible explanation for repeatedly observed patterns in nature supported by observations and results from many investigations

• scientific theory

• dependent variable

• SI

• quantitative data

• control group

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

a way of learning more about the natural world that provides possible explanation to questions and involves using a collection of skills

• science

• scientific notation

• experimental group

• hypothesis

• inference

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-1