Environmental Science Unit 00 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Bar graph

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A chart that presents categorical data with rectangular bars with heights or lengths proportional to the values they represent.

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Line graph

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A type of chart used to show information that changes over time.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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Pseudoscience

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A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

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Observation

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The action or process of observing something or someone carefully in order to gain information.

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Experiment

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A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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Experimental group

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The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.

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Control group

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The group in an experiment that does not receive the test variable, used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

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Independent variable

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The variable in an experiment that is changed or controlled to test the effects on the dependent variable.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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Theory

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A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

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Quantitative data

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Data that can be quantified and verified, and is amenable to statistical manipulation.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3