Scientific Method Vocabulary

Information obtained or the results of an experiment

• science

• data

• controlled variable

• theory

Things kept constant (the same) in the experiment

• scientific method

• inference

• controlled variable

• dependent variable

Organized format for identifying a problem and carrying out an experiment

• science

• scientific method

• experimental group

• inference

The group that DOES NOT get the independent variable (comparison group)

• experimental group

• observation

• independent variable

• control group

A conclusion/deduction based on observations

• observation

• theory

• inference

• dependent variable

The ONE thing manipulated/changed/varied during an experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control group

• science

Universally accepted scientific explanation

• observation

• hypothesis

• inference

• theory

A way of learning and the knowledge gained about the natural world

• data

• experimental group

• science

• inference

The thing measured/counted in an experiment

• observation

• theory

• independent variable

• dependent variable

The group that gets the independent variable

• control group

• experimental group

• hypothesis

• independent variable