science and engineering

Question 1

scientific method

Answer 1

the way scientist study and learn about the world

Question 2

observation

Answer 2

using your five senses to gather information about something

Question 3

qualitative observation

Answer 3

using your senses to describe the characteristics of a object-color.texture.taste

Question 4

Quantitative observation

Answer 4

using numbers or measurements to describe

Question 5

inference

Answer 5

an explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge

Question 6

hypothesis

Answer 6

a prediction based on prior knowledge always written in an if then statement

Question 7

variable

Answer 7

any factor that can be manipulated controlled for or measured in an experimint

Question 8

control variable

Answer 8

what must stay the same in the experiment

Question 9

manipulated/independent variable

Answer 9

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

Question 10

dependent/responding variable

Answer 10

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

Question 11

cer

Answer 11

claim evidence reasoning