Sandpoint Middle School
8th Grade Earth Science
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Unit 1 Vocabulary      The Ins and Outs of Science

Vocabulary:  Students will define words from a list, and take a quiz every Friday.  The quiz will have 10 words that are to be spelled correctly, defined, and used correctly in a sentence.  This list should be kept in the student's notebook.

  1. Hypothesis

  2. Variable

  3. Manipulated Variable

  4. Responding Variable

  5. Controlled Experiment

  6. Operational Definition

  7. Inference

  8. Equinox

  9. Data

  10. Observation

  11. Density

  12. Gravity

  13. Scientific Inquiry

  14. Scientific Theory

  15. Volume

  16. Mass

  17. Matter

  18. Weight

  19. Prediction

  20. Meter

  21. Liter

  22. Gram

  23. Control

  24. Water Displacement

  25. Meniscus

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