Question | Answer |
Absolute | Existing independent of any other cause. |
Accuracy | Freedom from mistake; exactness; the relationship between the gradation on a measuring device and the actual standard for the quantity being measured |
Adverse | Acting against or in an opposite direction |
Analogous | Similar or comparable in certain respects |
Analyze | To study the relationship of the parts of something by analysis |
Application | Ability to put to a practical use; having something to do with the matter at hand |
Approximately | Nearly; an estimate or figure that is almost exact |
Argument | A reason for or against something |
Assumption | Something accepted as true |
Comprehend | To understand fully |
Concentration | The ratio of the amount of solute to the amount of solvent or solution |
Conclusion | A final decision based on facts, experience, or reasoning |
Confirm | To make sure of the truth of something |
Consequence | Something produced by a cause or condition |
Consistent | In agreement; firm; changeless |
Constant | Remaining steady and unchanged |
Contradiction | A statement in opposition to another |
Control Group | Experimental group in which conditions are controlled |
Controlled Experiment | One in which the condition suspected to cause an effect is compared to one without the suspected condition |
Controlled Variable | A factor in an experiment that remains constant |
Correlation | A close connection between two ideas or sets of data |
Criticism | A finding of fault; disapproval |
Definitive | Most nearly complete or accurate |
Demonstrate | To explain by use of examples or experiments |
Dependence | A state of being controlled by something else |
Dependent Variable | Result or change that occurs due to the part of an experiment being tested (y-axis) |
Diminish | To make smaller or less; decrease in size |
Direct Relationship | The connection between two variables that show the same effect |
Effective | Producing or able to produce a desired condition |
Estimation | Forming a calculation based on incomplete data |
Ethical | Following accepted rules of behavior |
Evaluation | The result of a finding; estimating the value of something |
Evidence | That which serves to prove or disprove something |
Examine | To look at or check carefully |
Expectation | The extent of a chance that something will occur |
Experiment | A test made to find something out |
Experimental Design | The plan for a controlled experiment |
Experimental Group | The experimental part in which all conditions are kept the same except for the condition being tested |
Explanation | A statement that makes something clear |
Extrapolation | Estimating a value for one characteristic that is beyond the range of a given value of another characteristic |
Figure | A picture that explains |
Fundamental | A basic part |
Generalization | Something given as a broad statement or conclusion |
Hypothesis | Testable explanation of a question or problem |
Illustrate | To make clear by using examples |
Imply | To suggest rather than to say plainly |
Inconsistent | Not in agreement |
Incorporate | To join or unite closely into a single body |
Independent Variable | In a controlled experiment, the variable that is being changed (x-axis) |
Indication | The act of pointing out or pointing to something |
Indicator | Any device that measures, records, or visibly points out; any of various substances used to point out, such as, a cause, treatment, or outcome on an action |
Ingredient | Any of the components of which something is made |
Interpolation | Estimating a value that falls between two known values; a "best-fit line" on a graph |