Greta's Vocabulary words

The practical use of scientific knowledge especially for industrial or commercial use

• Technology

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Law

• Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations

• Prediction

• Scientific Theory

• Hypothesis

• Independent Variable

The factor that you want to test. It is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable

• Prediction

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Law

• Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A rule that describes a pattern in nature

• Scientific Law

• Predication

• Technology

• Observation

The act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs

• Observation

• Inference

• Technology

• Scientific Law

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience

• Observation

• Scientific Law

• Scientific Theory

• Inference

The factor you observe or measure during an experiment

• Dependent Variable

• Observation

• Inference

• Predication

An explanation of observations that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations

• Dependent Variable

• Technology

• Scientific Theory

• Predication

Statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events

• Predation

• Observation

• Inference

• Scientific theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2