Scientific Inquiry

Factor that you keep the same in an experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Controlled Variable

• Operational Definition

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What variable in an experiment is measured? - it is also called the responding variable.

For example: measuring the amount of mold on bread

• Dependent variable

• Operational Definition

• Independent Variable

• Control Variable

What are diverse ways that scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence?

• Scientific Law

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Inquiry

• Scientific Calculator

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What can be defined as:

a possible explanation for a set of observations, or an educated guess that must be "testable."

• Scientific Theory

• Communicating

• Hypothesis

• Claim

If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller.

What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

• Procedure

• Hypothesis

• Question

• Results

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Graphing data can help you recognize

• predictions

• patterns

• inferences

• bias

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You are doing an experiment recording the growth of plants under different amounts of sunlight. What is the dependent variable?

• The sunlight
• The growth
• The experiment
• The amounts of photons

The variable that causes a change is the

• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control

The variable that is the result of the experiment is the 

• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control

A variable that never changes is known as a 

• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control