Nature of Science Test 2 8th Grade

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A way or a process used to investigate what is happening around us.

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Science

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Approach taken to try to solve a problem.

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Scientific Method

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Factors that are changed during an experiment.

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Variables

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The variable being tested or changed. The 'cause' of a change.

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Test variable (Independent variable)

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The variable being observed or measured. The 'effect'.

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Outcome variable (Dependent variable)

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A testable explanation.

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Hypothesis

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Variables that stay the same.

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Constants

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Sample is treated the same but the independent variable is not applied (serves as a comparison).

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Control

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Something you see or experience in some other way with your senses.

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Observation

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Conclusions or deductions based on observations.

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Inference