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Vocabulary Vocabulary Strategy #1:Strategy #1:Flash CardsFlash Cards
Vocabulary Vocabulary Strategy #1:Strategy #1:Flash CardsFlash Cards
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Definition of word /
examples
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Word
Science
• From the Latin word scire, which means “to know”.
Fact
• Truths about nature, supported by observations, experimentation and data.
Theory
• The most logical explanation for events that occur in nature.– Facts become theories once proven
to be right again and again.
Law
• States that a particular event will always occur if certain conditions are met.– Theories become laws after surviving
many tests.
Experiment
• The process used to solve a problem, test an idea, or demonstrate a known truth.
Purpose
• A sentence that describes what you will be doing in this experiment.– Example: The purpose of this
experiment is to…
Variables
• Anything that can be changed or measured in an experiment.– For example: Independent,
Dependent, and Control Variables
Independent Variable (IV)
• The single condition that will be changed in an experiment.
Dependent Variable (DV)
• The condition that will be measured in an experiment.
Control Variable (CV)
• The baseline for the experiment, it allows you to see how the variables affect the experiment.
Constants
• The conditions that are kept the same (unchangeable) in an experiment.
Investigative Question
• A question that can be answered by designing and conducting an experiment.– Contains the Independent and
Dependent Variables!!
Hypothesis
• An educated guess as to what you think will happen during the experiment.
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