Unit 1 Flashcards
Why do we have the scientific method
To make fair and measurable tests
What is the first stage of the scientific method
The research question
What is the independent variable
It is the thing you change in the experiment
What is the dependent variable
The variable that is being measured in the experiment
What is the controlled variable
The variable that stays the same and acts as a basis for comparison
What is accuracy
How close the experiment got to the correct results or previous results
What is precision
How consistent the results of the experiment is
What is a hypothesis
It is a prediction on the outcome of the experiment
In a table what comes first
Independent variable
What goes on the y axis (vertical) on a graph
The dependent variable
What is quantitative data
Data that can only be represented as numbers
What is qualitative data
Data that is represented only as text
