Scientific Method Vocabulary

Anything that must be kept the same in an experiment for the test to be valid or fair.

• Dependent Variable

• Law

• Constant

• Control Group

A hypothesis that has a lot of support to back it up and is yet to be disproved.

• Procedure

• Theory

• Law

• Experimental Group

The part of the experiment that is used for comparison. Does not contain the independent variable.

• Data Collection

• Hypothesis

• Quantitative

• Control Group

Data or observations that can be expressed as an amount or number.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Hypothesis

• Constant

The process of collecting and recording information

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Constant

• Data Collection

Data or observations that usually use the five senses to observe such as color, feelings, touch, appearance, etc.

• Qualitative

• Data Collection

• Control Group

• Theory

The outcome of the experiment or the factor you measure to determine whether your hypothesis was correct or not.

• Procedure

• Independent

  Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

the step by step instructions that tell how to perform an experiment.

• Theory

• Constant

• Dependent Variable

• Procedure

Part of the experiment that contains the independent variable. The "test" group.

• Quantitative

• Control Group

• Independent Variable

• Experimental Group

Explains how something occurs in nature and seems to always be correct.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

• Constant