Scientific Method Vocabulary

A statement that predicts a relationship between cause and effect in a way that can be tested

• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Question
• Observation

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The decision made about the outcome of an experiment; was the hypothesis supported

• Conclusion
• Hypothesis
• Observation
• Control

The factor in an experiment changed by the experimenter, there can only be one of these

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Question
• Observation

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Information collected during an experiment in the form of numbers

• Quantitative Data
• Qualitative Data
• Independent Variable
• Control Group

What we are trying to answer with our experiment, can also be referred to * as a problem

• Question
• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Observation

The part of the experiment used for comparison (does not contain the * independent variable)

• Control Group
• Experimental Group
• Observation
• Qualitative Data

Information obtained using the 5 senses or tools

• Observation
• Control Group
• Hypotheiss
• Question

The factor in an experiment that is being observed, where data is being collected from

• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable
• Qualitative Data
• Hypothesis

Information that are descriptors & involve characteristics that cannot be counted

• Qualitative Data
• Quantitative Data
• Control Group
• Hypothesis

The part of the experiment that shows the effect of the variable being tested

• Experimental Group
• Control Group
• Qualitative Data
• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2