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8 Sci Nature of Sci
8th Grade Science Nature of Science Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SCIENCE | PROCESS USED TO INVESTIGATE THE WORLD AROUND YOU. |
| SCIENTIFIC METHOD | APPROACH TAKEN TO TRY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM. |
| HYPOTHESIS | PREDICTION ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE TESTED. |
| THEORY | EXPLANATION BACKED BY RESULTS OBTAINED FROM REPEATED TESTS OR EXPERIMENTS. |
| LAW | WELL-TESTED DESCRIPTION OF HOW SOME THING IN NATURE WORKS. |
| CONTROL | STANDARD WITH WHICH TO COMPARE THE RESULTS. |
| INDEPENDENT VARIABLE | VARIABLE THAT IS CHANGED IN AN EXPERIMENT. |
| DEPENDENT VARIABLE | FACTOR BEING OBSERVED OR MEASURED. |
| CONSTANT | VARIABLE IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT STAYS THE SAME. |
| GRAPH | DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF ONE VARIABLE TO ANOTHER. |
| TECHNOLOGY | APPLICATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED THROUGH SCIENCE TO SOLVE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. |
| SEQUENCE | ARRANGEMENT OF THINGS OR EVENTS IN A CERTAIN ORDER. |
| INFERENCE | ATTEMPT AT AN EXPLANATION BASED ON OBSERVATIONS. |