Science and engineering practices

Question 1

Scientific Method

Answer 1

The way scientist study and learn about the world

Question 2

Observation

Answer 2

Using your 5 senses to gather information about something

Question 3

Qualitative observation

Answer 3

Using your senses to describe the characteristics of an object-color, texture, and taste.

Question 4

Quantitative Observation

Answer 4

Using numbers or measurements` to describe something

Question 5

Hypothesis

Answer 5

a prediction based on prior knowledge . Always written with in an if then statement.

Question 6

Inference

Answer 6

An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge

Question 7

Variable

Answer 7

any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment.

Question 8

Control Variable

Answer 8

What must stay the same in the experiment

Question 9

Manipulated / independent Variable

Answer 9

The thing you are testing or changing in an experiment and it’s gripped on the X-axis.

Question 10

Dependent responding variable

Answer 10

What you are measuring or observing in an experiment and it is graphed on the Y-axis.

Question 11

C - E - R

Answer 11

claim, evidence, reasoning

Question 12

Claim

Answer 12

is the answer to the question you are trying to answer

Question 13

Evidence

Answer 13

Find info from a text or other sources that support the claims

Question 14

Reasoning

Answer 14

Explain how your evidence supports our claim ; scientific rule

Question 15

Conclusion

Answer 15

A written summary of an experiment that uses evidence to prove what you learned.