Roberts' Nature of Science

A _ is an educated guess or testable prediction

• control

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

The _ is an organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists.

• scientific method

• scientific law

• scientific theory

An organized procedure for testing a hypothesis is a(n) _.

• experiment

• independent variable

• constant

A _ is a standard for comparison.

• hypothesis

• control

• dependent variable

A(n) _ is a factor that doesn't vary in an experiment.

• constant

• control

• independent variable

The factor that is adjusted by the experimenter is the _.

• control

• independent variable

• dependent variable

A _ is an explanation based on experiments or the most logical explanation.

• hypothesis

• scientific law

• scientific theory

The _ is the base metric unit of liquid volume.

• gram

• liter

• ounce

The amount of space occupied by an object is _.

• mass

• volume

• density

A _ is a visual display of information or data.

• graph

• picture

• diagram