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Scientific Practices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| science | using evidence to understand the world around us |
| scientific practices | step by step methods that scientists use to study and learn about the world around them |
| observations | using your senses when paying close attention in order to notice more about something |
| hypothesis | an educated guess or idea that you will test |
| experiment | a test in which you collect evidence to answer a question |
| evidence | factual information that supports an idea or claim |
| evaluate | figure out if something is true or figure out what something means |
| communicate | what scientists do to tell other people about their ideas and discoveries |
| investigate | examine, study, or experiment |
| claim | an idea or answer someone SAYS is true |
| analyze | to think carefully about something |
| theory | an explanation that brings together ideas and evidence |
| fair test | when you do an experiment and only change one variable (thing) at a time |
| variable | a thing that can be changed by the person experimenting |
| data | information collected during an experiment |