Scientific Method Vocabulary Review

Anything you can see, smell, taste, touch or hear

• observation

• inference

• hypothesis

• theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An educated guess of what you think will happen

• hypothesis

• theory

• law

• inference

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Information gathered during an experiment

• data

• control group

• independent variable

• constants

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Able to be observed and measured - what a hypothesis MUST be

• testable

• non-testable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

All the things that stay the same during an experiment

• constants

• independent variables

• dependent variables

• data

The group that does NOT receive any treatment during the experiment

• control group

• experimental group

The group that DOES receive treatment during the experiment

• experimental group

• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The thing that is DIFFERENT between your control and experimental groups

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Constants

• Data

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is being measured during your experiment

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• controls

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

This is the first step of the scientific process. It has to do with using your senses to gather information.

• Creating a hypothesis

• Making an observation

• Conducting an experiment

• Posing a question