1st set Flashcards

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Scientific method

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The ways a scientist will study and learn about the world.

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Observation

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Using your five senses to gather information about something.

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Qualitative observation

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Using your senses to describe the characteristics of an object-color, texture, taste.

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quantitative observation

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Using numbers or measurements to describe something.

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inference

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an explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge.

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Hypothesis

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A prediction made on prior knowledge. Always written in an if then statement

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variable

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Any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment.

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control variable

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What must stay the same in the experiment

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manipulative/indipendent varible

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The thing that you are testing or changing is an experiment and it is graphed on x-axis

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dependent/responding variable

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what you are measuring or observing in an experiment and it us graphed on the y-axis

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C-E-R

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Claim evidence reasoning

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Claim

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Is the answer to the question you are

trying to answer.

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Evidence

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Scientific data that supports your claim.

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reasoning

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The how or why the evidence supports our claim; scientific rule

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Conclusion

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A written summary of an experiment that uses evidence to prove what you learned.

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