Midterm Review

This is the manipulated variable, or the variable you control.

• Independent
• Dependent

This is the data that you get from your experiment.

• Results
• conclusion
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

This group in an experiment does not receive the variable from the experimenter.

• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Control group
• constant

The variable that you change in the experiment. Also called the manipulated variable.

• Controlled
• Dependent
• Independent
• Responding

The conclusion is based on the results of the _____.

• Information
• Hypothesis
• Experiment
• Problem

Observation

• Act of recognizing a fact using your senses
• Information organized for analysis
• Conclusion or reason proposed to explain an observation

The variable that changes because you changed the other variable. Also called the responding variable.

• Dependent
• Independent
• Controlled
• Manipulated

Qualitative or Quantitative:
The butterfly is on a pink flower. 

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

Qualitative or Quantitative:
The cat has  two ears. 

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

What particle provided the positive charge for an atom?

• proton 
• neutron
• electron
• nucleus