1.1 vocab
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madisonrose27 on September 13, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Step 1 | Posing Questions |
| Step 2 | make a hypothesis |
| Step 3 | design an experiment |
| Step 4 | collect & interpreting data |
| Step 5 | drawing conclusions |
| Step 6 | communicating |
| Step 7 | posing new questions |
| science | is a way of learning about the natural world |
| observing | using one or more of your senses to gather info |
| inferring | when you explain or interpret the things you observe |
| predicting | making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| scientific inquiry | asking questions about what you observe |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question |
| controlled experiments | a test of a hypothesis under conditions est. by the scientist |
| variable | one of the factors that can change in an experiment |
| manipulated variable | the variable that scientist change |
| responding variable | the variable that changes because of the manipulated variable |
| data | the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations |
| scientific theory | a well tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations |
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