Scientific Problem Solving (Science Vocab) Flashcards
What is the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations?
Science
What are the results of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs
observations
What is a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience?
inference
What is a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations
hypothesis
What is a statement of what will happen next in a sequence events
prediction
What is an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
scientific theory
What is a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature?
scientific law
What is a practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use?
Technology
What is comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it?
Critical thinking
What is a spoken or written summary of observations?
description
What is an interpretation of observations?
Explanation
What is the internationally accepted system of measurement?
International System of Units (SI)
What is a method of writing or displaying very small or very large values in a short form?
Scientific notation
What is the expression of error as a percentage of the accepted value?
Percent error
what is any factor that can have more than one value
variable
What is the factor that you want to test, it is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable?
Independent variable
What is the factor you observe or measure during an experiment?
Dependent Variable
What are the factors in an experiment that do not change?
Constants
What is used to study how a change in the independent variable changes the dependent variable?
Experimental group
What contains the same factors as the experimental group, but the independent variable is not changed?
Control group
What uses words to describe what is observed?
Qualitative Data
What uses numbers to describe what is observed?
Quantitative data
