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5th grade c1 science
hypothesis | educated guess of the conclusion |
observation | an act or instance of viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose |
experiment | a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition |
variable | capable of being varied or changed; alterable |
control group | a group of subjects closely resembling the treatment group in many demographic variables but not receiving the active medication or factor under study and thereby serving as a comparison group when treatment results are evaluated |
procedures | a particular course or mode of action. |
indirect variable | |
direct variable | an equation or function expressing direct variation |
controlled variable | Also called control. Statistics. a person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation. |
model | a standard or example for imitation or comparison. |
survey | to view in detail, especially to inspect, examine, or appraise formally or officially in order to ascertain condition, value, etc. |
sampling | the act or process of selecting a sample for testing, analyzing |