The Nature of Science--Chapter 1

What is science?

• A method for studing the natural world.

• The pattern or investigation procedures.

• Tests the effect of one thing on another using a control.

• The standard by which the test results can be compared.

The pattern of investigation procedures is called?

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Variable

This is a possible explanation for a problem using what you know and what you observe.

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Variable

This tests the effect of one thing on another using a control.

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Variable

This is a quantity that can have more than a single value.

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Variable

Its value changes according to the changes in the other variables.

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Control

The variable changed to see how it will affect the dependent variable is called?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Vairable

• Constant

• Control

A factor that does not change is called?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Control

The standard by which the test results can be compared.

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Control

Occurs when the scientist's expectations changes how the results are analyzed or how the conclusions are made.

• Bias

• Model

• Theory

• Scientific Law