Unit 1 Vocabulary Review - The Practice of Science

A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question.

• investigation

• variable

• experiment

• scientific method

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments

• inference

• observations

• data

• empirical evidence

one type of plan of inquiry that typically include a question/problem, hypothesis, experiment, results, conclusion and application

• scientific method

• investigation

• experiment

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation

• testable

• data

• empirical evidence

• trials

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

a statement that tells what an investigation showed, based on observations and data

• data

• observation

• conclusion

• trials

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Is the factor that you want to test. It is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable.

• Hypothesis

• Test Variable

• Outcome Variable

• Control Group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The factor measured or observed during an experiment

• Outcome variable

• Test variable

• Experiment

• Control Group

to examine in detail in order to explain or interpret something.

• Analyze

• Evidence

• Conclusion

• Data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Conducting a scientific investigation multiple times in order to make sure the results are accurate.

• Repetition

• Replication

• Trails

• Conclusion

Scientific investigations must be replicable. This means that the investigation should be able to be completed with the same results multiple times.

• Trials

• Repetition

• Replication

• Conclusion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4