chapter 1
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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| science | a way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning
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| observing | the process of using one or more of your senses to gather information
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| inferring | the process of making an inference, or an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge
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| predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on based experience or evidence
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| classifying | the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way
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| evaluating | comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them
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| making models | the process of creating rerepresentations of complex objects or processes
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| variable | a factor that can change in an experiment
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| independent variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment
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| dependent variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated or independent variable in an experiment
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| metric system | a system of measurement based on the number 10
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| SI | a system of measurement based on multiples of 10 and on established measures of mass length and time
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| mass | a measure of how much matter is in an object
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| weight | a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
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| volume | the amount of space that matter occupies
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| meniscus | the curved upper surface of a liquid in a column of liquid
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| density | the measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume
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| scientific inquirey | the ongoing process of discovery in science
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| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question
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| controlled experiment | an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time
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| data | facts figures and other evidence gathered through observations
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| repeated trials | a repetition of an experiment to gather additional data and determine whether the experiment results support the hypothesis
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| replication | an attempt to repeat a scientists experiment by a different scientist or group of scientists
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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