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8 Sci Nature of Sci
8th Grade Science Nature of Science Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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. |