What is the replication
The total list of everything we know about a topic
What is body of knowledge?
Things in an experiment that remain the same.
What is a "control"
When a scientist does their experiment again
What is repetition?
Which of the variables go on the x-axis of a bar graph?
What is the independent variable
Protects your eyes and face during an experiment.
What is "goggles"
Our best explanation of a scientific phenomenon
Two groups are being tested on whether or not a vaccine with a new medicine works or not. Group A is given the new vaccine and Group B is not. What is the independent variable?
What is "the new medicine"
Examples of this type of data - hair color, attendance status, tall/short
What is a qualitative variable
This type of investigation is used when we can't control variables - like with nature, space, or the earth.
Observational investigation
Any factor that can be changed in an experiment.
What is "a variable"
What is the change that occurs second in the experiment?
What is "the dependent variable"
The type of graph that you make depends on the type of ______.
What is data.
Examples of this type of data include height, amount, number of kids who do sports in class.
What is quantitative data?
This type of investigation uses controls and variables.
Experimental investigation
Comparative, observational, experimental
What are the three types of investigations?
Transfers small amounts of liquid from one place to another
What is a "pipette"
Describes what will happen every time, under certain conditions.
What is a scientific law?