Science and Engineering Practices

Question 1

Scientific Method

Answer 1

The way scientists study and learn about the world.

Question 2

Observation

Answer 2

Using your five senses to gather information about something

Question 3

Qualitative Observation

Answer 3

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

Using numbers or measurements to describe something.

Question 4

Inference

Answer 4

an explanation of an observation based on a prior knowledge.

Question 5

Hypothesis

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Variable

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Control Variable

Answer 7

What must stay the same in the experiment.

Question 8

Manipulated/ Independent Variable

Answer 8

The thing that you are testing or changing in a experiment and it is graphed on the X-axis

Question 9

Dependent/ Responding Variable

Answer 9

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

Question 10

C-E-R

Answer 10

C-Claim
E-Evidence
R- Reasoning

Question 11

Claim

Answer 11

Is the answer to the question you are trying to answer

Question 12

Evidence

Answer 12

Scientific data that support your claim

Question 13

Reasoning

Answer 13

The how or why the evidence support our claim; scientific rule

Question 14

Conclusion

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Quantitative Observative

Answer 15

Using numbers and measurements to describe something