Vocab 1
Something that can change in an experiment.
What is a Variable?
The use of the scientific method to test a hypothesis.
If I put lemon juice on an apple slice, then it will brown slower. What is the independent variable?
A. Adding lemon juice or not
B. The type of apple
C. The time we wait
D. Using one slice
A. Adding lemon juice or not
Statement of what you think will happen during an investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
Step by step instructions for completing a task.
You will want your experiment to have ___ independent variable(s) in it for the experiment to be valid.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. it does not matter how many
A. 1
Something you find out about objects, events, or living things using your senses.
What is an observation?
A conclusion based on observations.
What is an inference?
What is another word for hypothesis?
A. Evidence
B. Graph
C. Investigation
D. Prediction
D. Prediction
It stays the same to keep an experiment fair.
What is the control group?
Observations that make you believe something is true.
What is evidence?
A scientist using scientific methods would NOT
A. ask a question
B. form an opinion
C. record data
D. preform repeated trials
B. form an opinion
Information from which a conclusion can be drawn or a prediction can be made.
What is data?
The ability to make a measurement that is as close to the actual value as possible.
What is accuracy?
A valid scientific investigation must be able to be...
A. replicated
B. graphed
C. predicted
D. observed
A. replicated