Vocabulary #3

If you want to "validate" a scientific claim, what should you do?

• Combine it with other claims

• Check or prove its accuracy or truth

• Change it slightly

• Express it clearly

When writing a research paper, why might you need to "synthesize" information?

• To check the truth of your sources

• To combine information from different sources to form a whole

• To change your topic slightly

• To express your ideas clearly

If you are asked to "justify" your answer, what should you do?

• Change your answer slightly

• Show or prove your answer is right or reasonable

• Combine information from different sources

• Recognize differences in your answer

A scientist changes the temperature in an experiment slightly. Which word best describes this action?

• Synthesize

• Modify

• Validate

• Transition

Which term is defined as "to combine parts into a whole"?

• Integrate

• Validate

• Articulate

• Justify

Which term describes a change from one state, idea, or condition to another?

• Transition

• Derive

• Distinguish

• Integrate

What does it mean to "distinguish" between two things?

• To combine them into a whole

• To recognize or point out differences

• To prove something is true

• To change their state

If you "derive" something, what are you doing?

• Changing it slightly

• Obtaining or taking it from a source

• Combining parts into a whole

• Showing something is right

Which word means "to confirm or support a statement with evidence"?

• Synthesize

• Corroborate

• Transition

• Modify

What does the term "Articulate" mean?

• To express ideas clearly and effectively.

• To change or adjust something slightly.

• To combine information from different sources.

• To check or prove the accuracy of something.