Scientific Method
Data
Models
Values
Misc.
100
observation
What is information we gather with our senses
100
mean
What is the average of a group of numbers?
100
models
What is it that scientists use to represent objects or systems?
100
values
What are principles or standards that we consider important?
100
correlation method
What is the method used by scientists if they cannot perform an experiment?
200
Hypothesis
What is an idea or explanation that leads to a scientific investigation?
200
probability
What is the chance that something will happen?
200
physical model
What is a model that you can touch?
200
decision-making model
What is a conceptual model that provides a systematic process for making decisions?
200
unethical situation
What is a reason scientists could not perform an experiment?
300
prediction
What is a statement made in advance of an experiment that expresses the results of an experiment if the hypothesis is supported?
300
distribution
What is the pattern created by a group of numbers?
300
mathematical
What is a model that uses equations to show how something works?
300
aesthetic, recreational, economic, environmental
What are values that affect environmental decision making?
300
bell shaped curve
What is a normal distribution on a graph?
400
Control and Experimental
What is the two groups in an experiment?
400
sample
What is a group of individuals or events selected to represent a population?
400
graphical
What is a model that uses charts or maps?
400
gather information
What is the first step in the decision making model?
400
curiosity, creativity, intellectual honesty, skepticism
What are habits of mind of scientists?
500
variable
What is one change that is made in an experiment?
500
risk
What is the probability of an unwanted outcome?
500
conceptual
What is a model that is a verbal or graphical explanation of how something works?
500
consequences
What are the effects of a decision that are studied in the decision making model?
500
control group
What is the group in an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment?
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