Scientific Investigations
evidence gathered by observations and measurements
What is empirical evidence?
description of a relationship in the natural world
What is a law?
Is the x-axis on a graph.
What is the independent variable?
Short way of representing large/small numbers.
What is scientific notation?
Shows the structure of an object, system, or concept.
What is a model?
A belief based on incorrect scientific evidence.
What is pseudoscience?
The study of the natural world.
What is science?
Usually compares 2 sets of data.
What is a graph?
The exactness of a measurement.
What is precision?
Imitates functions and behaviors.
What is a simulation?
A testable idea.
What is a hypothesis?
What is a theory?
Representation of an object or process.
What is a model?
Description using numbers and units.
What is a measurement?
Uses different data forms to represent the process of a system.
What is a mathematical model?
The variable that stays the same.
What is a control variable?
Inquiring about the world.
What is asking questions?
Relationship where both x and y are constant.
What is a linear relationship?
How close a measurement is is the the measurement being measured.
What is accuracy?
Represents the physical structure of and idea, object, or system
What is a physical model?
usually the last step of the scientific method.
What is making conclusions?
Growing plants with no soil.
What is Hydroponics?
Relationship where when one variable increases, the other decreases.
What is a nonlinear relationship?
the prefix meaning 1000 times
What is kilo-?
Represent how parts of a system are related.
What is a conceptual model?