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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prediction | Make a forcast. |
| Classify | Goup b similar characteristics. |
| Qualiative observations | Use our senses to gather information. |
| Quanitative observations | Measure to get information. |
| Inferences | Give an explanation for what you observe. |
| Communication | Tell others what you know. |
| What do scienists do? | Scientists make sense of nature and improve our world through obsevation and experimenation. |
| Observations | Recognizing and noting some fact to gather information about the world. |
| How do you make observations? | By using your five senses. |
| What are the two types of observations? | Qualitative and Quantitative. |
| Inference | A possible explanation or guess about an observation. |
| Distance is measured in... | meters |
| Liquid volume is measured in... | liters |
| Temperaure is measured in... | Celcius |
| Mass is measured in... | grams |
| Distance is measured by... | ruler |
| Liquid volume is measured by... | graduated cylinder |
| Mass is measured by... | TBB |
| Temperature is measured by... | thermometer |
| How big is a kilo? | 1000 |
| How big is a centi? | 1/100 |
| How big is a milli? | 1/1000 |
| Observational investigation | Lab(investigation) when changes are being observed. |
| Experimental investigation | Lab (investigation) when hypothesis is being tested. |
| Hypothesis | Educated Guess |
| Independent Variable | Change experimenter makes in an experiment. |
| Dependent Variable | Change that responds to the IV |
| Constant | The factors that must stay the same in order for the experiment to be a fair test. |
| Control | Standard of comparison |
| Fair test | An experiment that changes only one thing. |
| Repeated trials | Completing an experiment many times. |