Unit 1.2 Vocabulary

A systematic way of solving a scientific problem; an organized method of doing scientific investigation

• Scientific method

• Scientific problem

• Law

• Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Statement based on the results of the experiment; it can either support or reject the hypothesis

• Scientific method

• Conclusion

• Law

• Procedure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A question stating what the scientist is Scientific problem trying to find out

• Controlled experiment

• Data

• Theory

• Scientific problem

A scientific statement that explains why or how a phenomenon happens

• Controlled experiment

• Theory

• Law

• Procedure

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

The group that does not receive variables in the experiment and is the standard used for comparison

• Experimental group

• Control group

• Data

• Scientific method

The group that receives the variable being tested in an experiment

• Scientific method

• Data

• Control group

• Experimental group

A scientific statement that describes what happens in relation to a certain phenomenon

• Theory

• Experimental group

• Law

• Scientific problem

Measurements and observations obtained during the experiment

• Conclusion

• Data

• Procedure

• Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using a comparison of a control group and an experimental group

• Controlled experiment

• Conclusion

• Theory

• Procedure

A list of steps telling what to do for the experiment

• Data

• Conclusion

• Procedure

• Control group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2