Nature of Science (Unit One) Vocabulary

test of a hypothesis

• volume

• experiment

• law

• theory

standard for comparison in an EXPERIMENT

• standard

• dependent variable

• constant

• control

factor that DEPENDS on the value of the other variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• none of these

represents and idea or object (usually if too small or too big)

• graph

• data table

• model

• theory

statement of nature that is TRUE

• theory

• constant

• law

• hypothesis

a visual display of data - can be line or bar or pie

• graph

• model

• data table

• law

educated "guess"

• experiment

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

an agreed-upon quantity used for comparison

• control

• standard

• constant

• theory

amount of space occupied by an object

• mass

• weight

• volume

• density

variable in an experiment that is adjusted by the experimenter - what you are testing

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constant

• control