Variables
The variable that is being changed to test the results of the experiment.
What is an independent variable?
You should make _____________ before creating a hypothesis.
What is observations?
A specific prediction that is testable in an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
An organized scientific study of the natural world that may include making systematic observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results.
What is an investigation?
A view of something not necessarily based on facts
What is an opinion?
A group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparison to the experimental group; a group that is untreated by the factor being tested.
What is a control group?
This step is the first thing you do in the scientific method.
What is ask questions?
To watch something carefully to gather information
What is an observation?
Facts or information that indicates whether a belief is true.
What is evidence?
A diagram that shows the relationship between variables.
An event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.
What is a variable?
The final step of the scientific method.
What is draw conclusions?
A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question.
What is an experiment?
Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.
What is observation?
An explanation based on evidence that is not directly observed.
The variable that is being affected by the experiment.
What is a dependent variable?
This step should be repeated to test for accuracy.
What is experiment?
A statement that tells what an investigation showed, based on observations and data.
What is a conclusion?
Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation.
What is data?
The seven steps one would take when creating and testing a hypothesis.
What is the scientific method?
If you wanted to test how different amounts of sunlight affects a plant's growth, the amount of sunlight would be the ____________________.
What is the independent variable?
If your experiment does not support this, you should make modifications to it.
What is a hypothesis?
To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelatedness.
What is to Analyze?
To state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation.
What is to predict?
A term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment.
What is valid?