Scientific Method Flashcards
(18 cards)
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Watching studying
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- Observation- the process of collecting evidence
2
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Tame
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- Control- the thing that does not change in an experiment
3
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Seeing how long,wide,deep something is
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- Measuring- to quantify something (how long, how much, how large)
4
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Might and might not
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- Variable- the part of the experiment that may change or vary
5
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Catching on fire
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- Flammable-Capableofcatchingfire
6
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To be destroyed
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- Corrosive- to wear away or be destroyed gradually
7
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Curious, confused
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- Question- to ask
8
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To continue
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- Procedure-thestepstocompleteanexperiment
9
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Placing stuff like a puzzle piece
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- Classifying- the act of putting like things together
10
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Based on reasoning
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- Inferring- a logical conclusion based on what you know
11
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Talking, sharing
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- Communicating- sharing results in an understandable way
12
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Sum, answer
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- Conclusion- the end of the scientific investigation
13
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Explanation
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- Hypothesis- a tentative explanation for an observation or
phenomenon; an if then statement.
14
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Testing
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- Experiment- a test, trial,or tentative procedure; an act or operation
for the purpose of discovering something unknown.
15
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Seeing into the future
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- Prediction- an expectation of what will be observed or what will
happen
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Trying to figure out something, trying to solve something
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- Problem- what you are trying to solve in a scientific investigation
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Answer
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- Solution- to answer a scientific investigation
18
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Watching, studying, detecting
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- Observation- the act of noting and recording an event,
characteristic or anything detected
