The Nature of Science Flashcards
Bias
A preference for or against one idea, thing, or person.
Constant
A quantity that is unknown but assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context.
Control
One in which the subject or a group would not be tested for the dependent variable(s).
Dependent Variable
Something that depends on other factors.
Experiment
A scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects in order to learn.
Graph
A diagram that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with.
Hypothesis
An idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.
Independent Variable
It is a variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.
Model
Physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes.
Standard
An object, system, or experiment that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity.
Technology
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Scientific Theory
A coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation.
Variable
Anything that can be changed.
Volume
To the three-dimensional space that is occupied by an object.
SI
A scientific method of expressing the magnitudes or quantities of important natural phenomena.
