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Science Vocabulary
Science Words To Learn
Term | Definition |
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Label | Adding the names to the x and y axes |
Scale | Putting proper increments (numbers) and spacing on the grid |
Plot | Putting the point where it should go on the grid |
Interpret | Relationship between the x and y axes |
Variable | The one condition that is different between the control group and the experimental group |
Independent variable | The thing you are testing in an experiment. |
Dependent variable | What you are measuring to determine the effect of the manipulated variable, (the responding variable) |
Problem | The question that a scientist is trying to answer |
Research | Gathering information |
Hypothesis | An educated or logical guess about the solution |
Experiment | Organized process used to test a hypothesis |
Data | Collected experiment information |
Conclusion | The result to the hypothesis as either right or wrong. |
Control (group) | The part of the experiment with the variable left out. |
Experimental (group) | The part of the experiment that contains the factor you are trying to test. |
Constant(s)- | A condition or factor that does not vary in specified circumstances |
Controlled variables | All the factors in an experiment that you are trying to test |
Placebo | A substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation. |