Thinking Like a Scientist Vocabulary
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Life Science/Biology | is the study of all living things, like plants, animals, and even single-cell organisms
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| Earth Science | deals with Earth and space-things like planets, stars, and rocks, studies non living things and their history
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| Physical Science | is all about matter and energy, the most basic building blocks of the universe, it includes physics and chemistry
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| Physics | studies how energy interacts with matter
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| Chemistry | studies matter and how it transforms
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| Scientific Inquiry | the process used by scientists to research a question
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| Hypothesis | a prediction or proposed explanation that can be tested
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| Observation | using all of your senses and scientific instruments to describe a thing or event
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| Conclusion | the findings of your scientific investigation
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| Quantitative | information or data based on countable measurements of something
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| Qualittative | information based on the qualities of something
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| Measurement | has both a unit and a number
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| Background Research | looks at findings of past scientists to predict what will happen in an experiment
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| Model | a representation of something that's too small or too big or too expensive to observe in real life
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| Physical Model | a physical representation, ex: globe or diorama
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| Computer Model | an electronic simulation, ex: simulation of changing weather patterns or 3-D simulations of people or places
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| Mathematical Models | using math equations to represent something, ex: like the equation of a line or a business using past costs to predict future costs
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| Law | describes WHAT happens under certain conditons
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| Thoery | an explanation of WHY something happens-based on years of testing of representation
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