Biology 1.1 vocabulary saksa

Group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable.

• controlled experiment

• control group

• independent experiment

• independent group

Information gathered from observations.

• science observation

• hypothesis

• data

• inference

Variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable.

• dependent/ responding variable

• science

• observation

• control group

A tentative scientific explanation that can be tested further.

• science

• inference

• data

• hypothesis

Factor in an experiment that is deliberately changed.

• controlled variable

• independent/manipulated variable

• dependent/responding variable

• inference

A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

• hypothesis

• science

• inference

• data

Process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

• obervation

• inference

• science

• control group

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

• observation

• inference

• data

• science