science and engineering

Question 1

scientific method

Answer 1

the way scientist study and learn about the world

Question 2

claim

Answer 2

is the answer to the question you are trying to answer

Question 3

evidence

Answer 3

scientific data that supports your claim

Question 4

observation

Answer 4

using your five senses to gather information about something.

Question 5

qualitative observation

Answer 5

using your senses to describe the characteristics of an object, color, texture, tast.

Question 6

quantitative observation

Answer 6

using numbers or measurements to describe something

Question 7

inference

Answer 7

an explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge.

Question 8

hypthesis

Answer 8

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

Question 9

variable

Answer 9

any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in a n experiment.

Question 10

control variable

Answer 10

what must stay the same in the experiment.

Question 11

manipulated

Answer 11

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

Question 12

dependent

Answer 12

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

Question 13

reasoning

Answer 13

the how or why the evidence supports our claim

Question 14

conclusion

Answer 14

a written of an experiment that uses evidence to prove what you learned