Scientific Method - Vocabulary

When you keep same conditions for each experimental group.

• Control
• Hypothesis
• Constant
• Independent Variable

An educated guess about a problem

• Constant
• Control
• Dependent Variable
• Hypothesis

The "normal" state, left unchanged so results can be compared to it

• Constant
• Control
• Hypothesis
• Independent

A judgment based on the results of an experiment.

• Constant
• Hypothesis
• Control
• Conclusion

The variable that is measured in an experiment

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Constant

The variable changed or manipulated in an   experiment.

• Independent
• Dependent
• Constant
• Control

The act of noticing something happening around you

• Observation
• Conclusion
• Constant
• Control

The data that comes from an experiment.

• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Results
• Control

A question about the universe.

• Control
• Problem
• Independent
• Dependent

A controlled test of the hypothesis.

• Experiment
• Hypothesis
• Control
• Constant