Science And Engineering Practice

Question 1

Scientific Method

Answer 1

The way scientists 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 an object-color, lecture, taste

Question 4

Quantitative Observation

Answer 4

Using numbers or measurements to describe something

Question 5

Inference

Answer 5

An exploration of an observation based on prior knowledge

Question 6

Hypothesis

Answer 6

A prediction on prior knowledge. Always written in an if then statement.

Question 7

Variable

Answer 7

Any factors can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment

Question 8

Control Variable

Answer 8

What must stay the same in the experiment

Question 9

Manipulated/ Independent Variable

Answer 9

The thing that 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

C-E-R

Answer 11

C: Claim: E: Evidence
R: Reasoning

Question 12

Claim

Answer 12

Claim: Is the answer to the question you are trying

Question 13

Evidence

Answer 13

Evidence: Scientific data that supports your claim.

Question 14

Reasoning

Answer 14

Reasoning: The how or why the evidence supports our claim; scientific rule

Question 15

Conclusion

Answer 15

Conclusion A written summary of an experiment that uses evidence to prove what you learned.