Flash Cards

Question 1

Hypothesis

Answer 1

a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Question 1

Observation

Answer 1

the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.

Question 2

Experiment

Answer 2

a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Question 3

Data

Answer 3

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

the end or finish of an event or process.

Question 5

Theory

Answer 5

a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Question 6

Law

Answer 6

the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

Question 7

Independent Variable

Answer 7

the variable being controlled in the problem.

Question 8

Dependent Variable

Answer 8

the variable that changes because of this control.

Question 9

Controlled Variable (Constant)

Answer 9

All the factors that stay the same in an experiment.

Question 10

Control Group

Answer 10

used to establish causality by isolating the effect of an independent variable.

Question 11

Experimental Group

Answer 11

the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.

Question 12

Trial

Answer 12

a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.

Question 13

Bias

Answer 13

a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.

Question 14

Meter (m)

Answer 14

the SI unit of length or distance.

Question 15

Placebo

Answer 15

a treatment that appears real, but is designed to have no therapeutic benefit.

Question 16

Liter (L)

Answer 16

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions.

Question 16

Gram (g)

Answer 16

a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

Question 17

Kilometer (km)

Answer 17

a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters.

Question 18

Millimeter (mm)

Answer 18

thousandth of a meter

Question 19

Centimeter (cm)

Answer 19

a unit of measurement of length equal to 0.01 meter or 0.39 inch.

Question 20

Kilogram (kg)

Answer 20

one thousand grams

Question 21

Milliliter (mL)

Answer 21

one thousandth of a liter

Question 22

Celsius (°C)

Answer 22

a unit commonly used to measure temperature.