Term | Definition |
Conserve | To use resources wisely and not waste anything |
Disposal | Getting rid of; throwing away |
Resources | Materials in the environment that are useful to people |
Aquarium | Glass or Plastic container for water plants and/or animals |
Beaker | Wide-mouthed container used for measuring volume |
Calculator | Tool to compute math problems |
Compass | Tool used to determine direction |
Graduated Cylinder | Tall narrow glass or plastic tool used to measure volume |
Spring Scale | Tool used to measure the weight of an object |
Terrarium | Glass or Plastic container for growing plants and/or land animals |
Thermometer | Tool used to measure temperature or amount of heat energy |
Chart/Table | Organized way to display data |
Conclusion | Last step of the scientific method explaining why you got your results |
Constant | Not changing; the same |
Data | Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation |
Evidence | Figures, data, numbers, and logic that prove your claim |
Graph | Diagram to organize data (bar graph, line graph) |
Hypothesis | Your idea of what will happen in an investigation/experiment,
A prediction |
Inference | Reaching a conclusion from evidence |
Investigation | The search for an answer to a question |
Limitation | Way in which a model is different from the real world |
Metric System | A system of weights and measures based on the meter, gram, and liter |
Microscope | Tool that uses lenses to magnify very small objects |
Model | Representation of something that is smaller, larger, or the same size of the actual object |
Procedure | Step by step instructions for carrying out an experiment |
Represent | To stand for something else |
Trial | Repeated times you do an experiment- add to reliable results |
Variable | The ONE thing you change in an experiment (example: type of soil a plant is growing in) |