Science and engineering Practices Flashcards
(13 cards)
Scientific Method
Observation/question
Obeservation
Qualitative observation
Using your senses to describe the charicisticts of an abject color texture and taste
Inference
An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge.
Hypothesis
A perdiction based on prior knowledge. Always written in an if them statement.
variable
Any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment.
Independent Variable
The thing that you are testing or changing in an experiment and it is graphed on the x axis
Dependent
What you are going to measure or observe in an experiment and on the y-axis
C-E-R
Claim, Evidence, and Resoning
Claim
Is the answer to the question we are trying to answer.
Evidence
Scientific data that supports your claim.
Reasoning
The how or why the evidence supports our claim; scientific rule.
Conclusion
A written summary of an experiment that uses evidence to prove what you have learned.