science is investigating Flashcards
what is experimenting
scientfically testing your hypothesis or prediction
what is observing
observing is using your senses (smell, touch, taste, sight and hearing) to find out info abt an object or an event
what is generalising
generalising is writing a statement that seems to be true after making many observations
what is recording
writing down data that you have collected from an experiment
what is predicting
predicting is making a forecast of something that might happen in the future after making a few observations
what are variables
variables are factors in an experiment
what are the four steps of an experiment
- planning an experiment
- con7ducting an experiment
- processing the data
- evualting the experiment
what is an inference
a conclusion based of evidence and reasoning
what is an observation
the process of observing or montoring something or someone
what is a prediction
a forecast based of something in the future
what is a hypothesis
what you think is going to happen based off of what you already know in a experiemnt
what is a dependent variable
the variable that you meausre in an experiment
what is an independent variable
the variable that you change in a experiment
what is an independent variable
the variable that you change in a experiment
what is a controlled variable
the variables that keep the same throughout the experiment