Unit 1, List 1, Graphing. Belkis Babie

Question 1

Observation

Answer 1

An act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source.

Question 2

Data

Answer 2

A gathered body of facts.

Question 3

Variable

Answer 3

Anything that can change and be measured.

Question 4

Precision

Answer 4

How close measurements of the same item are to each other.

Question 5

Accuracy

Answer 5

How close a measurement is to the true or accepted value.

Question 6

Predict

Answer 6

A possible outcome of a scientific test based on logical reasoning about a particular scientific idea.

Question 7

Infer

Answer 7

The process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning.

Question 8

Independent Variable

Answer 8

A variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.

Question 9

Dependent Variable

Answer 9

What you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment.

Question 10

Line graph

Answer 10

Line graphs visualize trends among dense data sets.

Question 11

Bar graph

Answer 11

Used to compare the frequency of a category or characteristic with that of another category or characteristic.

Question 12

Pie graph

Answer 12

A circle divided into sectors that represent the percentages of a population or a sample that belongs to different categories

Question 13

Scatter plot

Answer 13

A scatter plot identifies a possible relationship between changes observed in two different sets of variables.