science and engineering practices Flashcards

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Scientific method

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The way scientist study and learn about the world

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Observation

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Using your five senses to gather information about something

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Qualitive Observation

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using your seneses to describe the charcteristice of an object color, texture, taste

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Quantitaive observartive

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Using numbers or measurements to describes Something

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Inference

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An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge

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Hypothesis

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

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Variable

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

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control variable

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What must stay the same in the experiment

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Dependent/ responding variable

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

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manipulated/ independent variable

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The thing that you are testing of changing in an experiment and it is graphed on the x-axis.

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C,E,R

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Caim, Evidence, Reasoning

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Claim

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is the answer to the question you are trying to answer.

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Evidence

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Scientific data that supports your claim

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Reasoning

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the how or why the evidence supports our claim; scientific rule

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conclusion

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

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