science Flashcards
scientific method
the way scientic study and lean about the word
observatin
using your five sencives to gather infomation about somthing
inference
an explanation of an observation based on prior knowlage
variables
any factor that can be manuipulated controled for or measerd in an expirement
qualitative observation
Using your senses to descibe the charicteristics of an object color texter tast
quantivtative observation
using numbers or measurements to describe somthing
hypothosis
a prediction based on prior knowlage. always witten in an if then statement
Reasoning
The how or why the evedence supports our claim scientific rule
control variable
what must stay the same in the expiriment
manipulated/independent variable
the thing that you are testing or changing in an expirment and it is graphed on the x asis
dependent/respondent variable
what you are measuring or obsering in an expirment and it is graphed on the y axis
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clame
evidence
reasoning
claim
is the answer to the queston you are trying to answer
Evidence
scientific data that supports your claim
conlcusion
a written summary of an expiriment thta uses evidenc to prove what you learned