NOS Vocabulary Grade 8 Question Preview (ID: 38649)


Review Of Vocabulary In Nature Of Science Unit. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

the process of duplicating an experiment done by someone else to confirm findings or to ensure accuracy
a) Replication
b) Repetition
c)
d)

a procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law
a) Scientific investigation
b) Experiment
c) Systemic observation
d)

is one statement, backed up by data analysis, that supports or refutes the hypothesis
a) Conclusion
b) Hypothesis
c) Theory
d)

is information acquired by observation or experimentation
a) Empirical Evidence
b) Data
c) Systematic Observation
d)

is the factor that is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects other variables.
a) Independent variable
b) Dependent variable
c) Controlled Variable
d)

a rule that describes a pattern in nature
a) Law
b) Theory
c) Prediction
d)

is a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested during a scientific investigation
a) Hypothesis
b) Theory
c) Prediction
d)

information collected using specific methods for a specific purpose of studying or analyzing
a) Data
b) Independent variable
c) Scientific explanation
d)

are the things that the scientist focuses his or her observations/measurements on to see how they have responded to the change made
a) Dependent Variable
b) Independent variable
c) Controlled Variable
d)

is a representation of an idea, an object or even a that is used to describe and explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly
a) Model
b) Theory
c) Prediction
d)

system of theories or assertions about the natural world that claim or appear to be scientific but have no basis in scientific fact and do not follow the scientific method
a) Psuedoscience
b) Science
c) Biology
d)

uses observations and measurements to explain something we see in the natural world, should match the evidence, and be logical
a) Scientific Explanation
b) Prediction
c) Conclusion
d)

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