Unit 1 Vocabulary Mss

Question 1

Testable

Answer 1

Something that can be tested or proven through experimentation

Question 2

Non-Testable

Answer 2

Not cable of being tested

Question 3

Quantitative

Answer 3

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality
etc.age in years height

Question 4

Qualitative

Answer 4

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity
etc.feelings,how they look

Question 5

Trials

Answer 5

A cell protein that can attach to certain molecules in some cancer cells and may kill the cells

Question 6

Observation

Answer 6

the act of knowing and recording something

Question 7

Empirical evidence

Answer 7

information acquired by observation or experimentation

Question 8

Data

Answer 8

a gathered body of facts

Question 9

Model is science

Answer 9

where scientists represent something in the real world in a way that makes it easier to understand, or make predictions

Question 10

Analogy

Answer 10

a comparison (or connection) made between to scientific concepts

Question 11

Prototype

Answer 11

the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

an educated guess as to what will happen during your experiment

Question 13

Variable

Answer 13

any item, factor, or condition that can be controlled or changed

Question 14

Procedure

Answer 14

A step-by-step description of how to perform an operation or process

Question 15

Precision

Answer 15

how close measurements of the same item are to each other

Question 16

Accuracy

Answer 16

how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value

Question 17

Scientific method

Answer 17

the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation

Question 18

Control

Answer 18

an element that remains unchanged or unaffected by other variables

Question 19

Constant

Answer 19

The factors that do not change during the experiment

Question 20

Predict

Answer 20

a specific statement about what will occur (i.e. the outcome or pattern that will be observed) in a particular research investigation

Question 21

Infer

Answer 21

the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning

Question 22

Independent variable

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Dependent variable

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Manipulated variable

Answer 24

a factor that is purposefully and specifically changed by the experimenter

Question 25

Responding variable

Answer 25

the part of an experiment that a scientists measures and observes closely for a change or a response

Question 26

Sample size

Answer 26

the number of participants or observations included in a study

Question 27

Validity

Answer 27

how accurately a method measures what it is intended to measure

Question 28

Trends in data

Answer 28

a general change in one variable compared to another over a period of time

Question 29

Correlation

Answer 29

the relationship between variables

Question 30

Variability

Answer 30

how spread out a group of data is

Question 31

Mass

Answer 31

a measurement that refers to the amount of matter that makes up an object

Question 32

Volume

Answer 32

the amount of space the object takes up

Question 33

Weight

Answer 33

the force acting on the object due to acceleration of gravity

Question 34

Percent

Answer 34

a proportion of an amount, group or set

Question 35

Rate

Answer 35

rate of change

Question 36

Ratio

Answer 36

a comparison in terms of a quotient of two numbers a and b

Question 37

Line graph

Answer 37

a graphical display of information that changes continuously over time

Question 38

Bar graph

Answer 38

a type of graph in which each column (plotted either vertically or horizontally) represents a categorical variable

Question 39

Pie graph

Answer 39

a circle divided into a series of segments

Question 40

Scatterplot

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Claim

Answer 41

a generalization based on a reported statistically significant effect

Question 42

Evidence

Answer 42

information collected via rigorous scientific methods that changes their belief in the truth of factual claims of the first to the fourth kind

Question 43

Reason

Answer 43

the capacity of applying logic consciously by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth

Question 44

Theory

Answer 44

a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses and facts

Question 45

Bias

Answer 45

a flaw in the study design or the method of collecting or interpreting information