Unit 1 Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Label | a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification. |
Scale | system or series of marks used for measuring or registering. |
Plot | a graphical technique for representing a data set,usually as a graph showing the relationship between two or more variables. |
Interpret | to give or provide the meaning of a phrase or something. |
Variable | any factor or trait or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types. |
Independent variable | condition or factor that is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment. |
Dependent variable | experimental data collected through observation and measurement |
Problem | something you don’t understand but you can do an experiment to help you understand |
Research | is the systematic investigation of scientific theories and hypotheses. |
Hypothesis | proposed explanation or answer to a specific question |
Experiment | process that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled conditions. |
Data | observations and measurements recorded during an experiment |
Conclusion | summarize how your results support or contradict your original hypothesis. |
Control (group) | the study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and then is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do. |
Experimental (group) | is the group in a experiment that receives the variable being tested. |
Constant(s) | is an unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation. |
Controlled variables | experimental element which is constant and unchanged throughout the course of the investigation. |
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