science and engineer practices Flashcards
Observation
using your five senses to gather information about something
qualitative observation
Using your senses to describe the character of an object-color texture taste
manipulated/independent variable
The thing that you are testing or changing in an experiment and it is grapuled on the x ax sous
Inference
an explanation of an observation based on your knowledge
variable
Any factor that cant be manipulated controlled for, or measured and experiment
control variable
what must stay the same in the experiment
dependent/responding variable
What you are measuring or observing in an experiment an it is grappled on the y axis
Hypothesis
a prediction based on prior knowledge. Always written
quantitative observation
Using numbers or measurements to describe something
c-e-r
claim, evidence,
claim
the answer to the question you are trying to answer
evidence
scientific data that supports your claim
reasoning
the how or why the evidence supports our claim scientific rule
conclusion
a written summary of an experiment that uses evidence to prove that you learned