Unit 1 Exp Design AKT

Question 1

Testable question

Answer 1

Questions that can be answered through experimentation and observation

Question 2

Non-testable question

Answer 2

Questions that cannot be answered through observation / evidence gathered through experimental testing

Question 3

Quantitative

Answer 3

Data that has to do with numbers

Question 4

Qualitative

Answer 4

Data that has to do with the five senses; is based more on opinions

Question 5

Trials

Answer 5

Tests conducted in an experiment

Question 6

Observation

Answer 6

Observing something to draw hypotheses, data, and conclusions

Question 7

Empirical evidence

Answer 7

Information obtained through observation and documentation of a specific behavior and patterns throughout an experiment

Question 8

Data

Answer 8

The results of trials

Question 9

Model is science

Answer 9

a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of ideas, events, or processes

Question 10

Analogy

Answer 10

Using something to compare to something else

Question 11

Prototype

Answer 11

A test build, usually not the final product

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

An educated guess based on observation

Question 13

Variable

Answer 13

An element, number, feature, or factor that can be changed and/or varied

Question 14

Procedure

Answer 14

The steps taken throughout the scientific process / experiment

Question 15

Precision

Answer 15

How close the measurements are to each other (ex. you shoot some darts and miss the bullseye but always manage to get the dart in a specific spot)

Question 16

Accuracy

Answer 16

How accurate some measurements are to the correct value (ex. you throw some darts and manage to get them all near the bullseye but not in a specific spot)

Question 17

Scientific method

Answer 17

The process of establishing facts through testing and experimentation.

Question 18

Control

Answer 18

The variable in the experiment that serves as the standard of comparison (ex. if you’re doing an experiment with plants and water you want to use water as a standard of measurement in the experiment)

Question 19

Constant

Answer 19

The factors that do not change in an experiment (ex. with an experiment with plants, you want to use the same kind of plant for the experiment)

Question 20

Predict

Answer 20

An educated guess about what will happen next

Question 21

Infer

Answer 21

Using context clues and experiences to help people understand a certain concept

Question 22

Independent variable

Answer 22

The variable in the equation that gets changed

Question 23

Dependent variable

Answer 23

The variable that gets affected by the independent variable

Question 24

Manipulated variable

Answer 24

The variable that gets manipulated / independent variable

Question 25

Responding variable

Answer 25

The variable that changes as a result of manipulated variable / dependent variable

Question 26

Sample size

Answer 26

the number of observations or individuals included in a study or experiment

Question 27

Validity

Answer 27

How valid the experiment is

Question 28

Trends in data

Answer 28

describes the general change in a variable with time

Question 29

Correlation

Answer 29

2 or more variables are related in some way

Question 30

Variability

Answer 30

lack of consistency or fixed pattern

Question 31

Mass

Answer 31

total amount of matter in an object

Question 32

Volume

Answer 32

the amount of space an object / liquid occupies / enclosed in a container

Question 33

Weight

Answer 33

the force of gravity on an object

Question 34

Percent

Answer 34

a relative value indicating hundredth parts of any quantity

Question 35

Rate

Answer 35

A specific kind of ratio, in which 2 measurements are related to each other

Question 36

Ratio

Answer 36

A comparison in terms of a quotient of two numbers a and b, usually written as ab or a/b.

Question 37

Line graph

Answer 37

A graph that uses lines to connect individual data points

Question 38

Bar graph

Answer 38

A graph that uses bars in each column represents data

Question 39

Pie graph

Answer 39

type of graph that represents data in a circular graph

Question 40

Scatter plot

Answer 40

Uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables

Question 41

Claim

Answer 41

a generalization based on a reported statistically significant effect

Question 42

Evidence

Answer 42

supports the reasoning and claims

Question 43

Reason

Answer 43

Critical thinking to support the claim by using reasoning

Question 44

Theory

Answer 44

An explanation of both the natural world and universe that can be repeatedly tested using the scientific method

Question 45

Bias

Answer 45

Opinionated and favoritism