Science and Engineering practices

Question 1

Scientific method

Answer 1

The way scientists study 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

Question 4

quantitative observation

Answer 4

using numbers or measurements to describe something

Question 5

Inference

Answer 5

An explanation based on prior knowledge

Question 6

Hypothesis

Answer 6

a prediction based on prior knowledge.

Question 7

Variable

Answer 7

any factor that can be manipulated

Question 8

Control variable

Answer 8

what must stay the same in the experiment.

Question 9

Manipulated 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 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

claim evidence reasoning

Question 12

Claim

Answer 12

Answer to the question based on what you know

Question 13

Evidence

Answer 13

Scientific data that supports your claim

Question 14

Reasoning

Answer 14

the how and why the evidence supports your claim

Question 15

Conclusion

Answer 15

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