Integrated Science Chapter 2 Vocabulary

The factor that you are keeping constant in an experiment, or from experiment to experiment

• Experiment

• Control Variable

• Deduce

To figure something out from known facts using logical evidence.

• deduce

• objective

• theory

A professional who uses scientific knowledge to create or improve inventions that solve problems and meet needs.

• Engineering Cycle

• Engineer

• Experimental Technique

A process used to build and test devices that solve technical problems.

• Engineering cycle

• Experiment

• Experimental variable

A situation specifically set up to investigate relationships between variables.

• Experimental technique

• Experimental variable

• Experiment

The method used to carry out a specific step in your experiment.

• Experimental variable

• Experimental technique

• Experiment

The factor that you are changing in an experiment.

• Experimental Variable

• Experimental Technique

• Experimental Cycle

A possible scientific explanation that can be tested by comparison with scientific evidence.

• Hypothesis

• Natural Law

• Inquiry

Learning by asking questions and seeking answers

• Hypothesis

• Inquiry

• Natural Law

A theory that has been tested many times without contradiction.

• Inquiry

• Natural Law

• Theory