Nature of Science: Vocabulary Quiz

To look at something very carefully.
You break it into smaller parts to understand it better

• Summarize
• Analyze
• Ignore
• Examine

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Liking one thing more than another, often unfairly.
For example, if a teacher always picks the same student, that is bias.

• favoritism
• prejudice
• bias
• partiality

To put things into groups.
You sort them by how they are the same.

• Conduct

• Analyze

• Classify

• Credibility

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NGSS.2-PS1-1

To look at two things and see how they are the same or different.

• Contrast
• Compare

• Analyze

• Evaluation

What you decide after thinking about facts.
It’s like the answer you find at the end.

• Conclusion
• Hypothesis
• Premise
• Inference

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

To do or lead something, like an activity or test.
For example, you can conduct an experiment.

• manage
• execute
• perform
• conduct

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A group in an experiment that does not get the special treatment.
It helps show what changes happen because of the test.

• Experimental group
• Control group
• Variable group
• Test group

Something you keep the same in an experiment.
It helps make sure the test is fair.

• Control variable
• Hypothesis
• Dependent variable
• Independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

People can trust or believe something or someone.
If a source is credible, it is likely true.

• Credibility

• Conduct

• Bias

• Classify

Facts or information you collect to learn about something.
For example, you can count how many birds you see.

• Data
• Statistics
• Observations
• Measurements