Lesson 2 & 3 Vocab

internationally accepted system for measurements.

• significant digits

• variable

• international system of units

• constants

spoken or written summary of observations.

• description
• explanation

• accuracy

• independent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

factors in an experiment that remain the same.

• Constants

• Variable

• Independent variable

• Precision

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

an interpretation of observations.

• description

• explanation

• variable

• accuracy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

any factor in an experiment that can have more than one value.

• Independent Variable

• Variable

• Dependent Variable

• accuracy

description of how close a measurement is to an accepted true value.

• precision

• explanation

• accuracy

• description

factor that is measured or observed during an experiment.

• independent variable

• variable

• constant

• dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

description of how similar or close measurements are to each other.

• accuracy

• explanation

• precision

• significant digits

number of digits in a measurement that are known with a certain degree of reliability.

• constants

• significant digits

• variable

• accuracy

factor being tested in an experiment that is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable.

• dependent variable

• variable

• independent variable

• constant

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2