Science Vocabulary

Liquid water gains energy becoming a gas

• Sublimation 
• Condensation 
• Evaporation 
• Precipitation

The part of an experiment that is changed on purpose 

• Dependent Variable 
• Independent Variable 
• Constant 
• Hypothesis 

3rd layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where meteors burn up 

• Troposphere 
• Stratosphere 
• Mesosphere 
• Thermosphere 

Any part of an experiment that is kept the same, also called a controlled variable 

• Hypothesis 
• Independent Variable 
• Dependent Variable 
• Constant 

A guess that is based on observations

• Qualitative 
• Quantitative 
• Observation 
• Inference 

The transfer of heat energy when object are touching 

• Radiation 
• Convection 
• Conduction 

Observations that are made using your senses 

• Inference 
• Qualitative 
• Quantitative 
• Observation 

An educated guess that answers a question 

• Inference 
• Observation 
• Hypothesis 
• Constant 

The part of an experiment that changes in response to the independent variable 

• Dependent Variable 
• Independent Variable 
• Constant 
• Hypothesis 

To favor or oppose based on a personal preference 

• Constant
• Analyze 
• Bias 
• Hypothesis