Types of Investigations

A scientific investigation that includes a control group and an experiment.

• controlled experiment

• model

• field study

• systematic observations

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The investigation of a plant or animal in its natural habitat.

• Field study

• Model

• Systematic Observation

• Nature

A scientific investigation carried out in a natural setting.

• experiment

• observation

• descriptive investigation

• field investigation

A scientific investigation designed to demonstrate a fact or make a discovery by performing a test.

• field investigation

• descriptive investigation

• experimental investigation

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A scientific investigation that involves observing the features of an object or a process and identifying facts that describe the object or process.

• experiment

• controlled experiment

• descriptive investigation

• comparative investigation

A scientific investigation that involves observing the ways in which two or more objects, events, or processes are similar and different.

• descriptive investigation

• experiment

• comparative investigation

• controlled investigation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

This is phenomenon is investigated through ...

• model

• experiment

• repeated observation.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A wildlife scientist studies the behaviors of frogs in South American rainforests. The scientist wants to study the frog behaviors in January and August and see the differences. Which type of investigation is this?

• observational investigation

• experimental investigation

• comparative investigation

• hypothesis investigation

Collecting data to make conclusions about a natural or man-made things.

• observational investigations

• experimental investigations

• comparative investigations

• hypothesis investigations

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which type of investigation involves manipulating one variable to determine its effect on another variable?

• Controlled experiment

• Field study

• Descriptive investigation

• Comparative investigation

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2