Scientific Investigation Flashcards
Is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers
Scientific investigation
What are the steps in scientific investigation?
Problem, data, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, application
Can be identified after a thorough observation or relying on exiting data
Problem
Gathering of data in a form of research, interview or existing data
Data
Scientific guess
Hypothesis
Testing the hypothesis
Experiment
A ________ is any item, factor or condition that can be controlled or changed
Variable
Make a statement that accept or reject the hypothesis
Conclusion
Putting something into use/operation based from the outcome of the experiment
Application
What are the 3 kinds of variables?
Manipulated, dependent, controlled
Is a factor or condition that is intense ally changed by an investigator in an experiment
Manipulated variable
Is a factor or condition that might be affected as a result of that change
Dependant variable
A variable that is not changed is called a _________
Controlled variable