The Nature of Science

Pattern of investigation procedures that can include stating a problem, forming a hypothesis, researching and gathering information, testing a hypothesis, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions

• scientific method

• scientific law

• scientific theory

• scientific model

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Possible explanation for a problem using what is known and what is observed

• variable

• control

• hypothesis

• conclusion

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Organized procedure for testing a hypothesis; tests the effect of one thing on another under controlled conditions

• SI

• standard

• variable

• experiment

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Quantity that can have more than a single value, can cause a change in the results of an experiment

• control

• constant

• variable

• standard

Factor that changes as a result of changes in the other variables

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• control

Factor that, as it changes, affects the measure of another variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• control

In an experiment, a variable that does not change

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• control

Standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• control

Occurs when a scientist’s expectations change how the results of an experiment are viewed

• society

• bias

• technology

• theory

Can be used to represent an idea, object, or event that is too big, too small, too complex, or too dangerous to observe or test directly

• model

• graph

• standard

• technology

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