Variables
A variable that does not depend on other variables
What is an independent variable?
A prediction about a topic that can be tested
What is a hypothesis?
Total space taken up by a 3D object
What is volume?
The process of making an educated guess based on observations
What is inferring?
A comparison of two values using division
What is a ratio?
The variable you want to measure in a study
What is an dependent variable?
Gathering data and information from your senses
What is an observation?
Total space taken up by a flat surface
What is area?
Information collected during an experiment
What is data?
A way to show data using bars to compare quantities
What is a bar graph?
A variable that is limited or kept the same in a study
What is a control variable?
A statement that supports your point of view in an argument
What is a claim?
Amount of matter that makes up an object
What is mass?
A summary of what you learned from an experiment
What is a conclusion?
The average of a set of numbers
What is the mean?
A change in one thing leads to a change in another
What is causation?
Using logical and critical thinking to understand information
What is reasoning?
How much mass is contained in a given volume
What is density?
A testable explanation that can be supported or refuted
What is a scientific theory?
A scatter plot where the points do not show an increasing or decreasing pattern
What is no correlation?
Describing things by using characteristics (not numbers)
What is qualitative?
A relationship between two things
What is correlation?
Describing things by using measurements and numbers
What is quantitative?
A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations
What is a scientific law?
The line that best shows the trend of data points on a graph
What is a line of best fit?