Variables
the variable that is changed or manipulated
What is the independent variable?
Data that can be measured...an amount or QUANTITIY.
What is Quantitative data?
A graph that shows a relationship between two actions/variables
What is a line graph?
An educated guess based on a scenario
What is an inference?
The variable that responds to the change of another variable
What is the Dependent Variable?
Data that describes the characteristic (or QUALITY) of something.
What is Qualitative Data?
A graph used to show a comparison among different categories
What is a bar graph?
A fact that can be seen and proven
What is an observation?
The variables which do not change so to not interfere with the experiment
What are the constants or controlled variables
The data type which is preferred to support an experiment?
What is Quantitative Data?
The axis in which an independent variable can be found on
What is the x-axis?
Used to help understand things you cannot directly observe
What is a scientific model?
Imagine you are conducting an experiment to test the effect of temperature on the rate of ice melting
What would be the Independent Variable?
Temperature
When you realize that your data was faulty (similar to our funny money lab), what is the best course of action to take?
Go back to the beginning and fix our experimental design or scientific question
The axis in which an dependent variable can be found on
What is the y-axis?
This term refers to a proposed explanation or prediction that can be tested through experimentation or observation.
What is a hypothesis?
Imagine you are conducting an experiment to test the effect of temperature on the rate of ice melting
What would be the dependent variable?
Rate of Ice Melting
What is the term for using data, observations, and research findings to provide support for a scientific claim?
Give me one option on how to format a title of a graph.
DV vs. IV
The effect of the IV on the DV
List two things that make a good scientific model.
Examples:
Labels, Drawings, Descriptions, Represents a process, can make predictions, it is a simplified version of a complex phenomenon