Chapter 1 Vocabulary-5th grade Science

Chapter 1 Vocabulary Review

5th-grade science

model

a three dimensional representation of something.

Trend

The general direction that data is headed or the way data is changing.

Analyze

to carefully examine your numbers and notes and reach a conclusion about what happened.

Quantitative Data (quantity)

using numbers to express measurements

Qualitative data (quality)

Using words to describe how things look and feel.

hypothesis

a cause and effect statement about what you think will happen in an experiment.

How would you define hypothesis?

Independent Variable

Something that is deliberately changed in an experiment to see how it impacts the result

cause

Dependent Variable

Something that Changes in an experiment as a result of a change in the independent variable- the outcome being affected

effect

Constants

Things that you keep the same in an experiment

control

A test where the independent variable is left unchanged to provide a comparison

Multiple Choice

A cause and effect statement about what you think will happen

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• hypothesis

• trend

Multiple Choice

A drawing or 3-dimensional representation of something

• trend

• model

• hypthesis

• analyze

Multiple Choice

Something that changes in an experiment as the result of a change in the independent variable

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

• constant

• independent variable

Multiple Choice

Using numbers to express measurements

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

Multiple Choice

A test where the independent variable is left unchanged to provide comparison

• constants

• control

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Multiple Choice

The general direction that data is headed

• analyze

• model

• trend

• hypothesis

Multiple Choice

Using words to describe how things look and feel

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Multiple Choice

Things that you keep the same on purpose in an experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• trend

• constants

Multiple Choice

to carefully examine your numbers and notes to reach a conclusion about what happened.

• trend

• model

• analyze

• control

Multiple Choice

Something that is deliberately changed in an experiment to see how it impacts the result.

• analyze

• trend

• dependent variable

• independent variable