5th Grade Practice of Science Vocabulary
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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| OBSERVATION | Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.
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| DATA | Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation.
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| INVESTIGATION | An organized scientific study of the natural world that may include making observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results.
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| INFERENCE | An explanation based on past experience or evidence that is not directly observed.
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| PREDICTION | To state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation.
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| HYPOTHESIS | When a scientist predicts the answer to the scientific question.
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| EXPERIMENT | A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question.
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| VARIABLE | Anything that can change in an experiment.
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| CONTROL GROUP | A group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparison to the experimental group; A group that is untreated by the factor being tested.
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| CONCLUSION | An explanation about what the data from an investigation showed.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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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.
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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