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Hushek- 004
"BENs Vocab" Mrs. Hushek's 6th grade Science - Digging In 03
Question | Answer |
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erosion | the movement of soil or other materials from one place to another |
ingenuity | cleverness and originality |
Project Board | a space for the class to keep track of progress while working on a project |
case | an example or occurrence of something |
case study | an analysis of an example or occurrence of something |
sediment | solid fragments of inorganic or organic materials that come from rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice |
friction | a force that resists motion |
drought | a long period of dry weather with very little or no rain |
weathering | the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by natural processes |
deposition | in this case, the laying down of soil or other materials in a new location |
phenomenon | an event or detail that can be observed |
variable | a single factor that is tested in an experiment |
interpret | to find the meaning of something |
trend | a pattern or a tendency |
claim | in this case, a statement about what a trend means |
Investigation Expo: | presentation of the procedure, results, and interpretations of results of an investigation |
fair test | things being compared are tested under the same conditions, and the test matches the question being asked. All variables, aside from the variable you are investigation, are kept the same |
independent (manipulated) variable | in an experiment, the variable the scientist intentionally changes |
control variables | in an experiment, the variables kept constant (not changed). |
dependent (responding) variables | in an experiment, the variables whose values are measured; scientists measure how these variables respond to changes they make in a manipulated variable |
terracing | cutting a series of raised steps into a slope |