basic science vocab Word Scramble
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a graph that uses points connected by lines to show how something changes in value | line graph |
chart that uses the lengths of parallel bars to represent the relationship between various data or values | Bar graph |
graph in form of circle, divided into relative qyantaties that are indicated by the proportionately defferent sizes of sectors | circle graph |
the amount of matter in a given volume | density |
measuring lines or distance or length | linear |
the amounts of matter that something is made of | mass |
the amount of space that something ovvupies, or the amount of space that something contains | volume |
can be measured using a stopwatch | time |
a measure of how hot or cold something is | temperature |
a summary of many expirimental results and observations | scientific law |
a unifying explanation for a broad range of hypotheses and observations that have been supported by testing | scientific theory |
a representation of an object or system | model |
a factor or condition that might change as a result of the change being made with the independent variable | dependent variable |
a factor or condition that is intentionally changed by an envestigator in an expiriment | independent variable |
variable that isn't changed | control |
educated guess about what you think the answer to a problem is | hypotheses |
indirect method of observation making inferences based on observation and measuring without tools | qualitative |
direct method of observation, making observations using your five senses and measuring with tools | quantitative |
to estimate or infer by extending or projecting known information | extrapolate |
the act of introducing or inserting anything | interpolate |
the act of making an educated guess as to the outcome of a situation | predict/prediction |
simply explanations of observations | infer/inference |
any pieces of information acquired through expirimentation | data |
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