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CER, CCC, & Basic Science Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for numerical and measurable data?

a)

quantitative data

b)

ordinal data

c)

categorical data

d)

qualitative data

2.

What is the term for data that is descriptive and uses words?

a)
qualitative data
b)
ordinal data
c)
discrete data
d)
categorical data
3.

What is a statement about phenomena that starts with the sentence, "I believe..."?

a)

hypothesis

b)

opinion

c)

claim

d)

theory

4.

What is the information used to support or prove a claim?


a)
Evidence
b)
Argument
c)
Proof
d)
Supporting details
5.

What is the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim?


a)
Reasoning
b)
Interpretation
c)
Explanation
d)
Analysis
6.

What is the term for the search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions?

a)

research

b)

analysis

c)

inquiry

d)

investigation

7.

What is the term for "thinking about your thinking"?

a)

Contemplation

b)

Introspection

c)

Reflection

d)

Metacognition

8.

What can be observed by anyone and studied at any level?

a)

Phenomena

b)

Chemical reactions

c)

Human behavior

d)

Weather patterns

9.

What is the process of using observations to guide the organization, classification, and prompt questions about relationships and factors that cause various patterns, as well as making predictions?

a)

data analysis

b)

hypothesis testing

c)

patterns

d)

scientific inquiry

10.

What is the process of investigating and explaining relationships that can be tested and used to predict and explain events in new ways?

a)

Cause & effect

b)

data analysis

c)

hypothesis testing

d)

experimental design

11.

What is the observation of time, space, and energy phenomena using different-sized scales, proportional relationships, and mathematical equations to investigate and make predictions?

a)

planets

b)

chemistry

c)

physics

d)

scale, proportion, quantity

12.

What occurs when objects interact with other objects? This can be very complex!

a)

System Integration

b)

System Collaboration

c)

System & System Model

d)

System Communication

13.

What is the term for using models and systems, where their functionality depends on the shape, composition, and relationship among its parts?

a)

Systems Thinking

b)

Structural Design

c)

Structural Analysis

d)

Structure & Function

14.

What is the vocabulary used for the transfer that makes an object move? It makes things happen!

a)

force

b)

momentum

c)

power

d)

energy

15.

With energy, _________ can be organized and reorganized! An example is wood burning to fire, changing to soot and smoke.

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

c)

Energy

d)

Matter

16.

This is observed in systems by examining changes over time, scale, and the hypothetical 'What if...' scenarios along with their consequential reactions.

a)

Stability thinking

b)

Change thinking

c)

Stability & Change

d)

Reductive thinking

17.

This type of variable stays the same, but is the item that is manipulated (cause) to see a result...

a)
constant
b)

control group

c)

Dependent variable (DV)

d)

Independent variable (IV)

18.

This type of variable uses the measured (quantitative data) or observed (qualitative data) outcome of an investigation (effect).

a)

dependent variable

b)

control group

c)

independent variable

d)

constant

19.

These are the factors that are kept the same to ensure a fair test...

a)

Dependent variables (DV)

b)

Independent variables (IV)

c)

Constants

d)

Control

20.

What is the term for an uninvestigated or "normal" group that is used for comparison with the dependent variables?

a)

Independent variable (IV)

b)

Dependent variable (DV)

c)

Control group

d)

Experimental group