Basic Vocabulary and Variables

Question 1

what is an educated guess as to how and why something will happen called

Answer 1

hypothesis

Question 2

what is a statement telling what you are going to investigate called

Answer 2

problem

Question 3

whats a written answer to the problem explaining the observations called

Answer 3

an interpretation/analysis

Question 4

whats a step-by-step sequence of what is to be done in an experiment called

Answer 4

procedure

Question 5

whats a written record of what happened called

Answer 5

observations

Question 6

whats an educated guess as to what will happen called

Answer 6

prediction

Question 7

what’s it called when new areas of investigation are identified

Answer 7

new problems

Question 8

where are safety precautions listed

Answer 8

in the background information and the procedure

Question 9

what is it called to use what you have learned in new situations

Answer 9

application

Question 10

what identifies variables and how they will be measured in an experiment

Answer 10

the variables section as well as the graphs

Question 11

what is a measurable observation called

Answer 11

quantitative observation

Question 12

what records the colour and appearance of data

Answer 12

qualitative observation