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Science - Unit 1

The document provides definitions and explanations of key scientific concepts and terms related to science investigations including observations, inferences, classifying, communicating findings, controlling variables, asking questions, developing hypotheses, experiment procedures, and tools used to measure metrics like length, mass, volume, temperature, force and time.

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Science - Unit 1

The document provides definitions and explanations of key scientific concepts and terms related to science investigations including observations, inferences, classifying, communicating findings, controlling variables, asking questions, developing hypotheses, experiment procedures, and tools used to measure metrics like length, mass, volume, temperature, force and time.

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Science

The study of the natural world—It


involves making observations and
performing investigations

Investigation
A procedure carried out to carefully
observe, study, or test something in
order to learn more about it
Observations
Collecting information using the five
senses—seeing, hearing, tasting,
smelling, or touching

Inference
An idea or conclusion based on an
observation
Classify
To put thing into groups

Knowledge
Facts and information collected over
time
Opinion
A belief or judgment

Communication
The sharing of information
Order
To arrange things by when they
happened or by their size

Scientific Methods
All the ways scientists conduct
investigations
Models
What scientists use when they cannot
use the “real thing”—the closer the
model represents the real thing, the
more useful it is
Control
The part of an experiment used to
compare all the other groups
Questioning
What scientists do that is the basis
for their investigations

Variable
Any condition in an experiment that
can be changed
Line Graph
A type of graph suited to show
change over time

Hypothesis
A statement that can be tested and
that explains what you think will
happen in an experiment
Procedure
The steps you follow in your
experiment

Experiment
An investigation that is controlled
Meter
A metric unit of length

Gram
A metric unit of mass
Degrees Celsius
A metric unit for temperature

Accurate
A measurement close to the true
size
Spring Scale
A tool used to measure force

Mass
The amount of matter in an object
Balance
A tool used to measure mass

Liter
A metric unit of volume
Graduated Cylinder
A tool used to measure volume

Volume
The amount of space a solid, liquid,
or gas takes up
Second
A metric unit for time

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