Match the following

• organized steps for testing hypothesis

• Dependent variable

• what we adjust in the experiment

• Control

• factor that IS changed because of exper.

• Experiment

• testable prediction

• Independent variable

• a standard for comparison

• Hypothesis

Match the following

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Law

• Information gathered through the senses

• Theory

• Educated guess based on research

• Observation

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Inference

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Hypothesis

Reorder the following. Everything starts with asking a...

• experiment

• hypothesis / design

• research

• analyze results

• question / problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Match the following

• Why something happens

• Law

• What happens

• Variable

• stays the same

• Constant

• changes

• Theory

The ​ (a)   of Gravity states that objects pull on each other (the bigger object wins). The ​ (b)   of Relativity says that might happen because matter bends space (Maybe. Probably. It's our best explanation at the moment).

• Law
• Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Match the following

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Theory

• Information gathered through the senses

• Inference

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Match the following

• Information gathered through the senses

• Inference

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Observation

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Law

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Match the following

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Theory

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Inference

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Law

Match the following

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Theory

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Observation

• Information gathered through the senses

• Law

On what axis should the independent variable always be?

• X
• Y

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1