STAAR and Scientific Method Vocabulary

The study of a variety of reference materials about a subject.

An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun through photosynthesis

Object or idea that shows how something is constructed or how it works.

Not changing, staying the same.

Step-by-step instructions for completing a task.

The process by which carbon dioxide and oxygen cycle among plants, animals, and the environment

Pieces of information.

A possible answer to a question or problem

Something you find out about objects, events, or living things using your senses.

To gather

Provide details about.

A conclusion based on observations.

Write down an observation.

The use of scientific investigation and reasoning to test a hypothesis.

An explanation based on your observation or measurement.

Temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to gas(water boils at 100 degrees Celsius)

A standard against which change is measured.

Life cycle of many insects with four stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult

Something that can change in an experiment.

The variable that changes when the independent variable changes.

To understand or bring out the meaning of something.

The variable that you control.

Observations that make you believe something is true.

Something spinning on an axis; the Earth does one of these every 24 hours

To follow a plan.

Consider things carefully.

All living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment

To state definitely or exactly.

Life cycle that only has three stages: egg, nymph, adult; the nymph stage looks like the adult

To decide what to do to achieve a goal