Vocabulary 1
Visual display of information or data
Graph
A possible explanation for a problem using what you know and what you observe
Hypothesis
The pattern of investigation procedure
Scientific method
An organized procedure for testing a hypothesis
Experiment
Quantity that can have more than one single value, can cause a change in the results of an experiment
Variable
Occurs when a scientist’s expectations change how the result of an experiment are viewed
Bias
Standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment
Control
Can be used to represent an idea, object, or event that is too big, too small, too complex, or too dangerous to observe or test directly
Model
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Matter
Amount of space occupied by an object
Volume
Amount of matter in an object
Mass
Explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
Theory
Mass per unit volume of a material
Density
A factor that changes as a result of changes in other variables
Dependent Variable
In an experiment, a variable that does not change
Constant
A factor that, as it changes, affects the measure of another variable
Independent Variable
Exact, agreed-upon quantity used for comparison
Standard
Application of science to benefit people
Technology
the improved, universally accepted version of the metric system that is based on multiples of ten and includes the meter (m), Liter (L), and Kilogram (kg).
(SI) International system of units
Statement about what happens in nature that seems to be true all the time; does not explain why or how something happens.
Scientific Law