Unit 1 Vocab 7th Grade

The knowledge obtained by observing natural events

• science

• hypothesis

• observation

• data

The observations that people gather and test to support scientific explanations

• dependent variable

• empirical evidence

• measurement

• observation

The process of obtaining information

• constant

• science

• observation

• hypothesis

an educated guess

• dependent variable

• empirical evidence

• hypothesis

• observation

a factor that is changed

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constant

• hypothesis

a factor that stays the same

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• data

• observation

something that remains unchanged

• science

• observation

• hypothesis

• constant

information that can be gathered by observation

• data

• mean

• accuracy

• observation

a number description

• measurement

• data

• science

• independent variable

Expressing a quantity as a number multiplied by 10

• scientific notation

• simulation

• empirical evidence

• data