Vocabulary Quiz - Chapter 1, Lesson 3

What is scientific inquiry?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• A testable idea/a possible answer to a scientific question.

• Factors that can change.

• Something that is purposely changed in an experiment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What is a hypothesis?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• A testable idea/a possible answer to a scientific question.

• Factors that can change.

• Something that is purposely changed in an experiment.

What are variables?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• A testable idea/a possible answer to a scientific question.

• Factors that can change.

• Something that is purposely changed in an experiment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is a manipulated/independent variable?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• A testable idea/a possible answer to a scientific question.

• Factors that can change.

• Something that is purposely changed in an experiment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is a responding/dependent variable?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• A testable idea/a possible answer to a scientific question.

• Factors that can change.

• The factor that may change and is measured.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is a controlled experiment?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• A testable idea/a possible answer to a scientific question.

• An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time.

• The factor that may change and is measured.

What is data?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations/experimentation.

• An explanation supported by evidence/a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results.

• A description of how the world works/it describes what scientists expect to happen.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is a scientific theory?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations/experimentation.

• An explanation supported by evidence/a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results.

• A description of how the world works/it describes what scientists expect to happen.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What is a scientific law?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.

• Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations/experimentation.

• An explanation supported by evidence/a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results.

• A description of how the world works/it describes what scientists expect to happen.