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science final exam
s2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| controlled experiment | an expiriment in which all of the variables except for one to stay the sane. |
| hyothesis | a possible explination for a set of observations or a answer to scientific question; must be testable. |
| Inference | an interpretation of an observation based on evidence and prior knoledge |
| manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an expirement ; also called independent variable |
| Observation | the process of using one or more sences to gather infromation |
| Responding Variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable in an expirement |
| Science | a way about learning about the natural world |
| Scientifis inquiry | The diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world |
| Scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happpen every time under a perticular set of conditions |
| Scientific theory | a well tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations |
| Varible | the scientist changes one variable , called the manipulated variable or independent variable. |