ACT Science Vocabulary 2

Existing independent of any other cause; free from imperfection

• alloy

• absolute

• assume

• angst

To study the relationship of the parts of something by analysis

• Able

• Ally

• Apprehend

• Analyze

To understand fully

• Complete

• Comprehend

• Conjugate

• Correct

In agreement, firm, changeless

• Complacent

• Character

• Corrugate

• Consistent

Experiment in which the condition suspected to cause and effect is compared to one without the suspected condition.

• Responding experiment

• Controlled experiment

• Manipulated variable

• Independent variable

A factor in an experiment that remains constant

• Controlled variable

• Experimental variable

• Independent variable

• Outlier

A state controlled by something else

• Delayed

• Decadent

• Dependence

• Declaration

Forming a calculation based on incomplete data

• Exoplanet

• Extraneous

• Estimation

• Exempt

To figure out and tell beforehand

• Pretend

• Predict

• Precursor

• Propose

The act of pointing out or pointing to something

• illicit

• index

• irradicate

• indication