Science and engineering Practices Flashcards

(13 cards)

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Scientific Method

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Observation/question

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Obeservation

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Qualitative observation

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Using your senses to describe the charicisticts of an abject color texture and taste

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Inference

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An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge.

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Hypothesis

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A perdiction based on prior knowledge. Always written in an if them statement.

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variable

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

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Independent Variable

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The thing that you are testing or changing in an experiment and it is graphed on the x axis

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Dependent

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What you are going to measure or observe in an experiment and on the y-axis

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C-E-R

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Claim, Evidence, and Resoning

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Claim

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Is the answer to the question we are trying to answer.

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Evidence

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Scientific data that supports your claim.

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Reasoning

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The how or why the evidence supports our claim; scientific rule.

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Conclusion

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

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