Ch 1 Vocabulary Quiz - The Science of Biology

the use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena

• science

• theory

• hypothesis

• observation

the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way

• observation

• hypothesis

• homeostasis

• control

a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know

• dependent variable

• theory

• inference

• experiment

a tentative scientific explanation that can be tested by further observation or experimentation

• independent variable

• DNA

• hypothesis

• experiment

an experiment in which only one variable is changed

• controlled experiment

• constant experiment

• independent experiment

• dependent experiment

variable that is deliberately changed

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control group

• science

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

• stimulus

• theory

• dependent variable

• control

exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for changes in the independent variable

• inference

• hypothesis

• constant

• control group

evidence; information gathered from observations

• data

• theory

• inference

• hypothesis

numbers obtained by counting or measuring

• quantitative

• qualitative

• numerical

• Roman