Ch. 1 Nature of Science Vocabulary Pre-Test

a particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific

• ethics
• bias
• scientific law

• scientific theory

the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

• theory
• technology
• ethics
• variable

a value that does not change

• control
• variable
• constant
• independent variable

the variable being measured; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable

• indepenedent variable
• scientific law
• hypothesis
• dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

in an experiment, the standard that is used for comparison

• control
• variable
• hypothesis
• science

a testable prediction, often implied by a theory

• constant
• scientific law

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

the variable that is changed in the experiment

• indepenedent variable
• dependent variable
• control
• constant

process that uses observation and investigation to gain knowledge about events in nature

• Earth Science
• hypothesis
• scientific theory
• science

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

the study of earth and space

• Physics
• Earth Science
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

an explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations

• scientific theory
• scientific law
• hypothesis
• ethics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-4