Scientific Method Flashcards
Scientiific Method
The way scientist study and learn about the world
obervation
Using your five senses to gather info about something
Qualitative Observation
Using your senses to describe the characteristics of an object-color, texture, taste
Quantitative Observation
Using numbers or measurements to descibe something
Inference
An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge
Hypothesis
A prediction based on prior knowledge. Always written in an if then statement
Varible
Any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment
Control varible
what must stay the same in the experiment
Independent variable
The thing that you are testing or changing in an experiment and it’s graphed on the X-axis
Responding Variable
What you are measuring or observing in an experiment and it’s graphed on the Y-axis
C-E-R
Claim Evidence Reasoning
Claim
Is the answer to the question you are trying to answer
Evidence
Scientific data that supports your claim
Reasoning
The how or why the evidence supports our claim: scientific rule
conclusion
A written summary of an exeriment that uses evidence that uses evidence to prove what you learned