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Flex SOL Review
Vocabulary You Should Study for the SOL
Question | Answer |
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The gathering of information by using the senses. | Observation |
An organized process used to gather observations and test a hypothesis. | Experiment |
A possible answer to a stated problem. | Hypothesis |
The condition you change on purpose. | independent variable |
The condition that changes in response to the variable that you intentionally change. | dependent variable |
Something you can depend on to happen again and again. | reliability |
Unchanged conditions | constants |
Helps people to see data | graph |
Used to show percentages of a whole | circle graph |
Shows data of different groups or categories | bar graphs |
Used to summarize or compare data. Shows the frequency of data. There is no space between sets of data. | histogram |
Used to show data in order to explain cause and effect relationships. | line graphs |
Dots on a vertical axis(y) that show the dependent variable and the horizontal axis (x) that show the independent variable. | scatterplots |
The official name of the metric system. | International System of Units |
Measurement that shows length. | meter (m) |
Measurement that shows mass. | gram (g) |
Measurement that shows volume. | Liter (L) |
Measurement that shows weight. | Newton (N) |
Measurement that shows temperature. | Celsius |