Unit 1 List 1 Graphing EMB

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

factors that are manipulated or changed throughout the experiment in order to test a hypothesis

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 logically reasoning about a particular scientific idea

Question 6

Variable

Answer 6

factors that are manipulated or changed throughout the experiment in order to test a hypothesis.

Question 7

Infer

Answer 7

the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning

Question 7

Independent

Answer 7

the variable you manipulate, control, or vary in an experimental study to explore its effects.

Question 7

Dependent variable

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Line Graph

Answer 8

visualize trends among dense data sets

Question 9

Bar Graph

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Pie Graph

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Scatter plot

Answer 11

identifies a possible relationship between changes observed in two different sets of variables