Scientific Inquiry - Middle School and High School

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  1. analyze
    consider in detail in order to discover essential features
  2. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  3. conjecture
    a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating
  4. control
    a standard against which other conditions can be compared
  5. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  6. deductive reasoning
    reasoning from the general to the particular
  7. dependent variable
    a quantity whose value depends on another quantity
  8. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  9. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  10. experiment
    the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  11. experimentation
    the testing of an idea
  12. falsifiable
    capable of being tested by experiment or observation
  13. formulate
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  14. generalization
    reasoning from detailed facts to broad principles
  15. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  16. independent variable
    a value that does not depend on changes in other values
  17. inductive reasoning
    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
  18. inquiry
    a search for knowledge
  19. International System
    a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
  20. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  21. measurement
    assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
  22. modification
    the act of making something different
  23. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  24. observation
    the act of taking a patient look
  25. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  26. prediction
    the act of foretelling
  27. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  28. qualitative
    involving distinguishing attributes
  29. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  30. question
    a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  31. refine
    make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
  32. replicate
    make or do or perform again
  33. research
    systematic investigation to establish facts
  34. scientific method
    a systematic way of investigating to test a hypothesis
  35. theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
  36. unit
    a division accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
  37. validate
    give evidence for
  38. variable
    a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
  39. verifiable
    capable of being tested by experiment or observation
Created on Thu Feb 16 13:55:50 EST 2017 (updated Fri Mar 31 11:16:05 EDT 2017)

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