Scientific Investigations Unit 1

Question 1

A measurement of how close the results are to each other when an action is repeated

Accepted Answer

precision

Question 2

A visual representation of data

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graph

Question 3

All measurements and data that scientists collect

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empirical evidence

Question 4

Obtaining information using your senses

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observation

Question 5

Well suppported explanation of nature that explains how things happen

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theory

Question 6

Study of our natural world

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science

Question 7

A testable prediction or educated guess

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hypothesis

Question 8

How closely data agrees with a known standard

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accuracy

Question 9

When an experiment is done over again many times

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repetition

Question 10

Type of graph that best shows trends or changes over time

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line

Question 11

Which type of graph shows percentages or parts of a whole?

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circle

Question 12

The test variable or the one thing being tested

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independent variable

Question 13

Describes the way our world works

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laws

Question 14

Data organized into rows and columns

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data table

Question 15

Part of an experiment used for comparison

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control

Question 16

Which is not one of the 3 natural sciences?

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oceanography

Question 17

Organized procedure to study something

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experiment

Question 18

When someone else performs your experiment

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replication

Question 19

Things in an experiment that are kept the same

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constants

Question 20

The outcome variable or thing being measured to determine the outcome

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dependent variable

Question 21

Bits of information gathered by observation or experimentation

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data

Question 22

Representation of an object or system

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model

Question 23

Type of graph that best shows comparisons

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bar

Scientific Investigations Unit 1

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Scientific Investigations Unit 1

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