Vocabulary from the Start of the Year for 7th Science at SMS
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| observing | the use of senses to describe an object or environment
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| qualitative | the description of an object using the senses
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| quantitative | the description of an item using numbers measurements and counting
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| inferring | using past experiences to name or describe something
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| predicting | detailing what will happen in the future or during testing
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| evaluating | deciding what is valid and helpful
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| questioning | curiosity about a set of data or observations
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| communicating | sharing results with other scientists (students)
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| experimenting | testing to see if the hypothesis is correct
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| investigating | examination of the data for accuracy
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| concluding | stating if the hypothesis was correct and states the results of the experiment
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| accurate | measuring and counting correctly
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| mass | the measure of the amount of material that makes up an object
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| length | the distance between two points (width, heigth, thickness are still length
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| volume | the amount of space an object takes up
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| density | the measure of the amount of material in a set space, determines if an object will sink or float.
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| estimate | a guess, accuracy is based on experience, but is still a guess.
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| bias | a preference in one direction or another, based on opinion and not fact
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| error | incorrect data or value
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| standard | the level of expectation of knowledge or skill
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| conversion | the changing of one unit to another but still having the same value (100 cm = 1 m)
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| theory | what most scientist agree to be the best explanation based upon what we know
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