Science Skills
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- quantitative obsrevations
- observations that dea with a number or amount and its units
- line graphs
- are used to show data, showing how the responding variable reacts to the manipulated variable
- graph
- a picture of data
- nonlinear graph
- a graph in which he data points don't form a straight line
- responding variable
- the facto which may change in response to the other variable
- communicating
- the sharing of ideas with others through words
- qualitative observations
- deal with things that can't be expressed through numbers
- honesty
- report truthful observations and results
- skepticism
- an attitude of doubt
- orgin
- where the to axes cross, point (0,0)
- scientific inquiry
- refers to the diverseway we study the natural world and propse explanations based on gathered evidence
- science
- a way of learning about the natural world
- curiosity
- being eager to learn more about topics they study
- hypothesis
- an educated guess/ possible explanation for a set of observations/ answer to scientific question
- predicting
- making a forecast of what could happen in the future, based on past experience or evidence
- inferring
- explaining or interperting the things you observe
- creativity
- coming up with new and intentive ways to find a solution
- variables
- factors which can chnge in an experiment
- slope
- steepness of the graph line, tells how much y changes for change in x
- manipulated variable
- the variable which is purposely changed in an expiriment
- scientific law
- a staement describing what people expect to happen every time under certian circumsatnces
- linear graph
- a line graph in which the data points yield a straight line
- classifying
- the process of grouping together items which are alike in some way
- vertical axis
- y-axis, runs up and down, shows vertical axis
- horizontal axis
- x-axis, runs left to right, shows mainpulated variable
- operational definition
- a statement which describes how to measure a particular variable/ define a particular term
- observing
- using one or more of your senses to gather information
- data
- facts, figures and other information gathered through observation
- scientific theory
- a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimenta results
- controlled experiment
- an experiment where only one variable is manipulated at once
- line of best fit
- a smooth line reflecting the general pattern of the graph
- making models
- involves creating representations of complex objects or processes
- openmindedness
- being capable of accepting new and different ideas
- data point
- showing the location of the intersection of the two variables