Science study #3 Flashcards
controlled variable / constant
The things you should keep the SAME throughout the
experiment so you can be sure that the results are only caused by the variable
you’re testing.
dependent variable
This is the thing you measure in an experiment. It
depends on what happens with the independent variable.
independent variable
= This is the one thing you change in an experiment
hypothesis
Written as an if-then statement, this is an educated
guess that expresses a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables:
experimental group
This is the group that receives the treatment you’re testing in an experiment
control group
This is the group that does not receive the
treatment. It’s used to compare with the experimental group to see