Unit 1 vocabulary

the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested

• science

• data

• observations

Information gathered by observations or experimentation that can be used in calculating or reasoning

• science

• data

• independent variable

A condition or factor assumed to have one value or remain unchanged throughout a particular investigation

• empirical evidence

• dependent variable

• constant

The observations, measurements, and other types of data that people gather to test and evaluate scientific explanations

• data

• empirical evidence

• hypothesis

a factor that changes due to the independent variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions

• experiment

• data

• hypothesis

A testable question or idea that leads to scientific investigation

• experiment

• hypothesis

• constant

The process of obtaining information by using the senses

• hypothesis

• experiment

• observation

The factor that is deliberately manipulated in a scientific experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• data

Claims that are not based on scientific proof, but often sound very scientific, generally used to sell products or membership to a belief group

• false claims

• pseudo science

• false advertising