Scientific Methodology Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Aim?
A
What you are trying to achieve
2
Q
What is the Hypothesis?
A
What you know/think is going to happen
An educated guess
3
Q
What is the Method?
A
The steps to carry out the experiment
4
Q
What is the Conclusion?
A
What you achieved
5
Q
Independent Variable
A
What you are changing
Only 1
6
Q
Dependent Variable
A
What you are measuring
Only 1
7
Q
Fixed/Control Variable
A
Stays the same
As many as necessary
8
Q
What is a CONTROL in an experiment?
A
Something that doesn’t receive the thing that is being tested to see if it makes any difference
9
Q
How can you test how reliable something is?
A
By repeating the experiment
