Science 8th grade L1-6

Question 1

observing

Answer 1

using your senses to gater information

Question 2

quantitate observation

Answer 2

an observation dealing with amount

Question 3

qualitive observation

Answer 3

an observation on how something tastes, feels, smells, or looks

Question 4

inferring

Answer 4

explaining/interpretting things you observe

Question 5

predicting

Answer 5

making an educated guess about the future

Question 6

classifying

Answer 6

grouping together items

Question 7

models

Answer 7

representations of complex objects

Question 8

communicating

Answer 8

sharing ideas and information with people

Question 9

science

Answer 9

a way of learing about the natural world

Question 10

variable

Answer 10

any factor that can change in an expirement

Question 11

manipulated variable

Answer 11

the factor that you can change

Question 12

responding variable

Answer 12

the factor that changes as a result of the manipulated variable

Question 13

controlled expirement

Answer 13

an expirement in which all factors are kept constant except one

Question 14

operational definition

Answer 14

a statement that describes how a particular variable is to be measured

Question 15

data

Answer 15

the observations and measurments you make

Question 16

conclusion

Answer 16

a statement that sums up what you have learned

Question 17

hypothesis

Answer 17

a possible explaination or answer

Question 18

kilogram

Answer 18

the SI unit of mass

Question 19

volume

Answer 19

the amount of space that a substance or object occupies

Question 20

density

Answer 20

the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.

Question 21

meter

Answer 21

is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI)

Question 22

mass

Answer 22

representing the amount of matter in a particle or object

Question 23

microscope

Answer 23

an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects

Question 24

classifying

Answer 24

to arrange or organize by classes

Question 25

weight

Answer 25

a body’s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it