Science Skills Flashcards
Apparatus
Equipment placed together for an experiment.
Laboratory
A specially designed space for conducting research and experiments.
Scientific diagram
A clear, side-view, labelled line drawing, usually made using a sharp pencil.
Quantitative observation
Observation involving numbers.
Qualitative observation
Observation involving quantities.
Inference
A likely explanation of an observation.
Meniscus
The curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube.
Parallax error
An error that occurs due to reading a scale from an angle.
Error
An inaccuracy or inconsistency in measurement.
Bunsen burner
A piece of equipment used as a heat source in the laboratory.
Pseudoscience
Claims that are allegedly scientific but are made with no evidence to support them.
Variable
Something that can affect the outcome or results of ab experiment.
Independent variable
A variable that is changed in an experiment.
Dependent variable
A variable in an experiment that may change due to changes to the independent variable.
Discrete data
Data where the numbers can only be whole numbers.
