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Scientific Method Vocabulary Week #2 Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Observation

a)

a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

b)

a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes.

c)

use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

2.

Hypothesis

a)

possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

b)

a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes.

c)

a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

3.

Scientist

a)

a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

b)

 plan for asking questions and testing possible answers.

c)

use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

4.

Model

a)

use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

b)

a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes

c)

the one in the experiment that you can change.

5.

Control

a)

possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

b)

Compare the hypothesis to the results of the experiment.

c)

a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

6.

Independent Variable

a)

possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

b)

Compare the hypothesis to the results of the experiment.

c)

the one thing in the experiment that you can change.

7.

Investigation

a)

possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

b)

use one or more of the 5 senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste to gather information.

c)

plan for asking questions and testing possible answers.

8.

Analyze

a)

Comparing your hypothesis to your results.

b)

the change that happens because of the independent variable.

c)

the one thing in the experiment that you can change.

9.

Infer

a)

Comparing your hypothesis to your results.

b)

the one thing in the experiment that you can change.

c)

an idea or conclusion that’s drawn from evidence and reasoning.

10.

Dependent Variable

a)

possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answers to a scientific question.

b)

the change that happens because of the independent variable.

c)

the one thing in the experiment that you can change.