Science Vocabulary: Unit 1, Lessons 1, 3 & 5

Question 1

investigation

Answer 1

A procedure carried out to carefully observe, study, or test something in order to learn more about it

Question 2

science

Answer 2

The study of the natural world through observation and investigation

Question 3

evidence

Answer 3

Information collected during scientific investigation

Question 4

opinion

Answer 4

A personal belief or judgment based on what a person thinks or feels but not Necessarily based on evidence

Question 5

experiment

Answer 5

an investigation in which all the conditions are controlled to test a hypothesis

Question 6

variable

Answer 6

Any condition that can be changed in an experiment

Question 7

control

Answer 7

The experimental set up to which you will compare all other setups

Question 8

Scientific method

Answer 8

the different ways that scientist performs investigations and collects reliable data

Question 9

microscopic

Answer 9

Too small to be seen without using a microscope

Question 10

balance

Answer 10

A tool used to measure the amount of matter in an object, which is the object Mass

Question 11

spring scale

Answer 11

A tool used to measure force

Question 12

accurate

Answer 12

In measurements, very close to the actual size or value