Intro Bio Vocab

a process that scientists use to study and understand the world around them

• science

• observation

• inference

• controlled experiment

• data

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

noticing and describing something that happens in an organized way

• science

• observation

• hypothesis

• data

• controlled experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

an educated guess based upon information we already know

• hypothesis

• inference

• data

• observation

• independent variable

a scientific explanation with supporting observations, tests, calculations etc.

• science

• inference

• hypothesis

• data

• controlled experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

a test or experiment where only one variable changes

• science

• observation

• controlled experiment

• control group

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the thing we change in an experiment

• inference

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• observation

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the thing we observe and document in an experiment

• science

• observation

• data

• independent variable

• dependent variable

the group in an experiment where the independent variable does not change

• control group

• data

• observation

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

number-based observations (quantitative) and descriptive observations (qualitative)

• science

• observations

• data

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2