| A | B |
|---|
| Safety symbol | symbol that is used to warn an individual of potential dangers |
| Toxic | poisonous |
| Flammable | A product that is susceptible of catching on fire easily…combustible |
| Specimen | Object being observed or studied |
| Hazard | Chance of danger, harm or loss |
| Irritant | Something that causes irritation to one’s skin, eyes, nasal passage or airways |
| Corrode | To eat or wear away gradually by a chemical reaction |
| Observe | Using your senses to learn about an object or an event |
| Predict | drawing a conclusion about an object or future event based on observations |
| Classify | To organize objects or specimens according to their characteristics |
| Measure | To find the dimensions, mass, quantity, or capacity of an object |
| Communicate | Sharing your results with the public |
| Analyze | Interpreting information in order to form a conclusion |
| Conclusion | Proving or disproving one’s hypothesis based on data acquired |
| Hypothesis | A possible solution to a problem |
| Data | Information acquired during an investigation or experiment |
| Experimentation | Process used to test one’s hypothesis |
| Identify | To prove that someone or something is a particular person or thing |
| Controlled variable | Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely keeps the same |
| Independent Variable | Factor in an experiment that scientist purposely changes |
| Dependent Variable | Factor in an experiment that a scientist wants to observe |
| Theory | A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations |
| Bias | A tendency to favor one side or point of view |
| Valid | Soundly based on facts or evidence…true |
| Invalid | Based on false information |
| Accurate | Refers to how close measurements are to an actual result |
| Precise | Refers to how close measurements are to one another |
| Meter | Basic unit of measure for distance |
| Gram | Basic unit of measure for mass |
| Liter | Basic unit of measure for volume |
| Kilo | Prefix meaning 1000X |
| Centi | Prefix meaning 1/100 or .01 |
| Mili | Prefix meaning 1/1000 or .001 |
