grade 6/7 science vocab "NEW"

a prediction states what is likely to happen based on what is already known

variables are things that will change the out come of the experiment if changed.

classifying is sorting objects into groups based on the OBSERVATIONS you made on that object.

coming up with an educated guess. never say maybe or probably in an hypothesis. always be certain and positive. like: "if an truck runs over a kid we will be fine." instead of. "A kid probably wont die if he is run over"

once you finish your experiment you can create tables and models to explain even more.

independent dependent and controlled.

there is 1 independent variable and is the only one you change in the experiment.

the 1 dependent variable is the variable changed by the independent variable.

the controlled variables are all the variables never changed.

qualitative and quantitive

quantitive are observations of stuff like measurements, time, volume and suff that can be measured.

qualitative are observations of colour, smell, texture and things that can't be measured

an inference is an explanation of what may have happened

is comunicating

interpreting data is making sense of data. once you do this you should CLASSIFY the data.

when you observe something you are using your senses to learn about the world around you.

is mesuring

to write a good question you must first know what you want to know

1. question

2. hypothesis

3. materials

4. procedure

5. record data and observations

6. analysis

7. conclusion

8. application

9. create a model