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SCI8-Science Inquiry
Scientific method (EPISD 8th grade)
Question | Answer |
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Scientific method | A systematic and controlled way of studying questions |
Question | The very beginning of a scientific investigation |
Hypothesis | A testable idea |
Research | Finding out what has already been discovered about the topic of investigation |
Experiment | Steps taken to test a hypothesis |
Analysis | Trying to decide what your data shows |
Recording | Writing down of observations |
Inference | Based on facts but not a direct observation |
Conclusion | Answers the hypothesis |
Independent variable | The variable that is manipulated |
Dependent variable | The variable that is responding and therefore measured |
Controls | The factors in an experiment that don’t change |
Observation | Something that can be described using your senses |
Field investigation | An experiment preformed outside of a laboratory |
Laboratory investigation | An experiment preformed in a very controlled environment |
Theory | A concept that explain a set of tested observations |
Testable | Something that can be checked and shown to be true of false |
Repeatable | When an experiment can be copied or duplicated |
Equipment | The supplies that are needed to perform an experiment |