Nature of Science Review 6th-8th Grade

Independent variable (input)

• What I change

• What I observe and measure

• What remains the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Dependent variable (output)

• What I change

• What I observe and measure

• What remains the same

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Control (constant)

• What I change

• What I observe and measure

• What remains the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation

• hypothesis

• theory

• scientific law

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

If a hypothesis is not supported by the data, the hypothesis is...

• still valuable if it leads to further investigation

• incorrect and, therefore, not valuable

• discarded

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Select all the phrases that a scientist would use

• results support

• results fail to support

• results prove

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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When a scientists conducts multiple trials of their own experiment

• repetition

• replication

When scientists have other scientists copy their experiment to see if they get the same results

• repetition

• replication

Select all the benefits of scientific models

• Represents ideas or objects that cannot be experienced directly

• Helps us understand the natural wolrd

• Helps us notice patterns and make predictions

• Oversimplify the process

• Creates misconceptions

Select all of the following that scientific knowledge is based on.

• empirical evidence

• logical reasoning

• beliefs

• opinions

• predictions and models

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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