Unit 1, scientific method

Biology is the study of

• the environment

• experiments

• living things and their environment

• living things

Collecting evidence and arriving at conclusions based on data to solve a problem is the 

• scientific method

• independent variable

• controlled experiment

• hypothesis

Data that includes numbers 

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

• quantitative observation

• qualitative observation

Observations that account for the physical features of an experiment.

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

• quantitative observation

• qualitative observation

A testable statement as to what is expected to occur in an experiment

• dependent variable

• hypothesis

• independent variable 

• conclusion

a method of testing a question by investigating one variable at a time.

• scientific method

• independent variable

• controlled experiment

• qualitative observation

The variable in a controlled experiment that is determined by the scientist and determined before the data is collected

• dependent variable

• independent variable

The variable in a controlled experiment that is determined by the results of the experiment.

• dependent variable

• independent variable