Unit 1 Vocabulary Homework

What is the definition of "Investigations"?

• Testing ideas by carrying out experiments to see what happens.

• Careful studies or activities done to learn more about something.

• Noticing and recording what happens during an experiment.

• Evidence that describes qualities or characteristics.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What type of evidence is collected through observations, experiments, or experiences?

• Qualitative Evidence

• Quantitative Evidence

• Empirical Evidence

• Control Variables

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which type of evidence describes qualities or characteristics, like how something looks, feels, or sounds?

• Quantitative Evidence

• Empirical Evidence

• Testable Questions

• Qualitative Evidence

What does Quantitative Evidence involve?

• Describing qualities or characteristics

• Numbers or measurements

• Testing ideas by carrying out experiments

• Noticing and recording what happens

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the process of noticing and recording what happens during an experiment or in nature using your senses called?

• Experimentations

• Observations

• Replication

• Repetition

What is the term for testing ideas by carrying out experiments to see what happens?

• Experimentation

• Testable Questions

• Control Variables

• Reasoning

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

What are Testable Questions?

• Questions that can be answered through experiments or observations

• Statements that say something is true based on evidence

• The part of an experiment that is changed on purpose

• The explanation of why the evidence supports the claim

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the part of an experiment that is changed on purpose to see how it affects something else?

• Dependent Variables

• Control Variables

• Independent Variables

• Replication

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the part of an experiment that is measured or observed and changes because of the independent variable?

• Control Variables

• Dependent Variables

• Independent Variables

• Testable Questions

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What are Control Variables?

• The parts of an experiment that are kept the same to make sure the test is fair

• The part of an experiment that is changed on purpose

• The part of an experiment that is measured or observed

• Questions that can be answered through experiments