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