Scientific Method Flashcards

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The way scientist study and learn about the world

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Scientific Method

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Using your five senses to gather information about something.

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Observation

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Using your senses to describe the characteristics of an object-color, texture, taste.

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Qualitative Observation

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Using numbers or measurements to describe something.

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Quantitative Observation

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An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge.

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Inference

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

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Hypothesis

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

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Variable

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What must stay the same in the experiment.

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Control Variable

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

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Manipulated/Independent 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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Dependent/Responding Variable

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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning.

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C-E-R

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

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Claim

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Scientific data that supports your claim.

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Evidence

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

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Conclusion

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

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Reasoning

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