Scientific Inquiry

Information that you gather with your senses.

• observation
• variable
• hypothesis
• testable question

A question that can be answered through an investigation.

• hypothesis
• testable questions
• variable
• observation

A possible answer to a testable question.

• testable question
• variable
• hypothesis
• observation

A carefully controlled test to answer a question.

• variable
• hypothesis
• observation
• experiment

Something that can change or vary.

• variable
• experiment
• independent variable
• dependent variable

Something that is changed or tested in an experiment.

• independent variable
• dependent variable

Something that changes as a result of changes in the independent variable.

• independent variable
• dependent variable

Which of the following is changed during an experiment?

• dependent variable
• independent variable

Observations that are made using only the senses and that describe properties.

• qualitative observations
• quantitative observations

Observations that use numbers or measurements.

• qualitative observations
• quantitative observations