7th - Unit 1 Vocabulary Practice

A possible explanation for a set of observations, or an answer to a scientific question.

• Variable

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Data

Any factor that can change in an experiment.

• Theory

• Fact

• Variable

• Quantitative Observation

The factor that is changed in an experiment.

• Variable

• Inference

• Evidence

• Independent variable

The factor that changes as a result. (It's the factor that is being measured or observed as a result of the changes made).

• Dependent variable

• Hypothesis

• Evidence

• Independent variable

An experiment in which all factors except one are kept constant.

• Evidence

• Observation

• Controlled experiment

• Data

The observations and measurements you make in an experiment.

• Controlled experiment

• Qualitative observation

• Quantitative observation

• Data

A statement that sums up what you learned from an experiment.

• Conclusion

• Fact

• Inference

• Observation

Data and facts collected during an experiment.

• Theory

• Independent variable

• Controlled experiment

• Evidence

Fact/data that show a quantity, numerical value, or unit.

• Qualitative observation

• Quantitative observation

• Observation

• Data

Fact/data that describe a quality.

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Qualitative observation

• Quantitative observation