Scientific Method Vocabulary

the question we are trying to answer by doing the experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• problem

• inference

evidence; information gathered from observations

• observation

• data

• control

• hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a testable prediction, uses if _____ then _____ because ______

• inference

• experiment

• observation

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the answer to your question; a summary of what you have learned from an experiment; accept or reject the hypothesis

• conclusion

• problem

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

something not tested/something that stays the same; used for comparison

• hypothesis

• control

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

variable that a scientist changes in an experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

variable that is measured in an experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

information obtained through the senses

• inference

• experiment

• data

• observation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a prediction based on evidence or reasoning

• hypothesis

• inference

• observation

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

steps you follow to conduct an experiment

• method

• conclusion

• results

• aim