Scientific Method Flashcards
Critical thinking?
Prosses of judging the qualitiy of information before accepting it.
Discovery Science
Science determine by onservation, meassuring, NO EXPERIMENT
What’s Science?
A way to understand the natural world
Hypothesis driven science
Looking for the answer by MAKING an EXPERIMENT
Scientific Method
Applying steps to find the explanation.
Variable
It’s a factor that can be changed, measured, be controlled while running an experiment.
Scientific Method Steps
Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Conclusion.
Classification 1 of Variables
Independent, Dependent and Controlled
Independent Variable
(Cause) The factor that we adjust for the experiment
Dependent Variable
(Effect) Factor that changes due to the change we made (independent variable)
Controlled Variable
(Constant) The factor that never changes in order for the experiment to be precise.
Classification 2 Variables
Quantitive and Qualitative
Quantitative Variable
Factor that are meassured with a precise number.
Qualitative Variable
Meassured by our perception.
Ways to express the results
Lab log, Graphs, Table, Result analysis.