Duplicate of Scientific Thinking Unit review

Question 1

which factors must be controlled so that scientists can make a valid experiment?

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Variables

Question 2

An explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is called a(n)

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Hypothesis

Question 3

An organized way to collect and record scientific observations

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Data table

Question 4

Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers

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Qualitative observations

Question 5

One useful tool that may help scientists interpret data by revealing unexpected patterns is a

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Graph

Question 6

The scientific process enables a scientist to check the work of other scientists?

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Communicating

Question 7

Observations that deal with a number or amount are

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Quantitative observations

Question 8

What changes in response to the manipulated variable?

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responding variable

Question 9

In science, a hypothesis must be

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Testable

Question 10

When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike in some way

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Classifying

Question 11

When scientists create a representation of a complex process, they are

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Making models

Question 12

Which of the following are examples of data?

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All of the answers are correct.

Question 13

A claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence

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Predicting

Question 14

Using one or more of your senses to gather information

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Observing

Question 15

Facts, figures, and other evidence in a scientific experiment

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Data

Question 16

A summary of what you have learned from a scientific experiment

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Conclusion

Question 17

Explaining or interpreting the things you observe based on reasoning from what you already know

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inferring

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