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Science Unit 1 Vocabulary 5th-8th Grade
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Is the setup to which you will compare all the others.
Control
Experiment
Placebo
Variable
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Which is a belief or judgement. It doesn’t have to be backed up by evidence.
Opinion
Scientific Law
Evidence
Pseudoscience
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Which is NOT True of Empirical Evidence?
Scientists get empirical evidence in only one place.
Scientific work is categorized as field or laboratory work.
Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence.
Scientists get empirical evidence in many different places.
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To share the results of investigation.
Conclusion
Communicate
Opinion
Inference
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When a measurement is close to the true size
Accurate
Precise
Estimate
Bullseye
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Is the process of gathering information by using the senses.
Observation
Hypothesis
Investigation
Conclusion
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You make observations involving numbers and units
Inference
Presicion
Measure
Hypothesis
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Is an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
Conclusion
Lab
Experiment
Field Work
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Is a well-supported explanation of nature and they help us understand the laws we observe.
Empirical Evidence
Scientific Rule
Scientific Law
Scientific Theory
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What are investigations?
A procedure carried out to carefully observe, study, or test
Is a well-supported explanation of nature.
Is a procedure done in order to learn more about something.
Theories help us understand the laws we observe.
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What is science?
The study of the natural world.
Is the study of the Earth:
The study of other living things.
It is the study of non living matter and energy.
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Is a system of categorizing living things
Classify
Tree of Life
Order
Biology
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Which is NOT true of science?
Scientific knowledge is set in stone and does not change.
Scientific knowledge is & probably always will be changing
Scientist answer questions by doing investigations.
Facts of science are the most widely accepted explanations
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An idea or a conclusion based on an observation.
Evidence
Pseudoscience
Inference
Opinion
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Is the factor that is deliberately adjusted in an investigation.
Dependent Variable
Variable
Data
Independent Variable
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What is Evidence?
Is a belief or judgement.
Belief that depends on incorrectly used scientific methods.
Is information collected during a scientific investigation.
Is a well-supported explanation of nature.
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Some people claim to have scientific evidence to support an explanation when in fact they dont.
Scientific Law
Opinion
Observation
Pseudoscience
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A taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms
Order
Classification
Tree of Life
Biology
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description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object.
Model
Opinion
Observation
Picture
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Are Information gathered by observation or experimentation that can be used in reasoning.
Variables
Data
Inference
Opinion
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Is a testable idea or explanation that can be used to design and implement an investigation.
Scientific Theory
Conclusion
Observation
Hypothesis
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What is geology/earth science?
What earth is made of and the processes that shape it.
The study of other living things.
The study of the natural world.
Is the study of the Earth.
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Which is NOT TRUE of Field Work?
Biologists and geologists do field work.
It is done in a condition controlled setting.
where conditions cannot be controlled.
Generally, gathering empirical evidence outdoors.
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Is a description of a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world?
Field work
Scientific Theory
Empirical Evidence
Scientific Law
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Is the factor that changes as a result of adjusting the independent variable.
Dependent Variable
Data
Scientific Theory
Independent Variable
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What is biology/life science?
Is the study of the Earth.
It is the study of non living matter and energy.
The Study of nonliving things.
The Study of living things.
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What is Physics/Physical Science?
The study of the natural world
Is the study of the Earth.
It is the study of non living matter and energy.
The study of other living things.
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: Is a tool used to measure force. Force is a push or a pull.
Balance
Spring Scale
Balance Beam
Digital scale
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Are
facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education.
Opinion
Inference
Knowledge
Conclusion
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Are factors that can change in a scientific investigation.
Data
Variables
Independent Variables
Dependent Variables
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Is a statement, based on information, about a future event.
Conclusion
Hypothesis
Prediction
Opinion
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Are ways and steps that scientist use to perform investigations.
Scientific Method
Investigations
Experiment
Field Work
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What is science?
The study of the natural world.
The study of other living things.
It is the study of non living matter and energy.
Is the study of the Earth:
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Is a tool used to measure mass. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
Pulley with weights
Microscope
Balance
Spring Scale
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A controlled environment: Lighting, sound, temperature, and even air.
In the forest.
In Labratory
In the field
In the parking lot
