Unit 1 List 2 Experimental Design

Question 1

Claim

Answer 1

A Statement that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Question 2

Constant

Answer 2

Occurring continuously over a period of time.

Question 3

Evidence

Answer 3

Anything that can be used to prove something

Question 4

Experimental bias

Answer 4

influence of the experimenter’s beliefs, on the outcome of a study

Question 5

Experimental control

Answer 5

Something that remains unchanged or unaffected by other variables.

Question 6

Experimental procedure

Answer 6

The manner in which an experiment is carried out.

Question 7

Hypothesis

Answer 7

An idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation.

Question 8

Manipulated variable

Answer 8

Something that is changed on purpose in an experiment

Question 9

Qualitative data

Answer 9

Data representing information and not representing numbers.

Question 10

Quantitative data

Answer 10

Measures of values or counts and are expressed as numbers

Question 11

Reason

Answer 11

a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event..

Question 12

Responding variable

Answer 12

what the scientist measures as a result of the test variable

Question 13

Scientific method

Answer 13

process of establishing facts through testing and experimentation

Question 14

Scientific model

Answer 14

represents empirical objects, and physical processes in a logical and objective way

Question 15

Scientific question

Answer 15

They must be objective, and they must be testable

Question 16

Scientific theory

Answer 16

A set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events.

Question 17

Trends in data

Answer 17

The general change in a variable with time

Question 18

Valid experiment

Answer 18

measures the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable.