Midterm Exam Vocab Questions

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• mass

• matter

• volume

• density

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

• bias

• control

• constant

• variable

Organized set of procedure for testing a hypothesis.

• Scientific method

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Theory

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

• Hypothesis

• Scientific method

• Theory

• Independent variable

Quantity that can have more than a single value.

• Control

• Bias

• Variable

• Standard

Standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment.

• Constant

• Control

• Standard

• Volume

In an experiment, a variable that does not change.

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Constant

• Variable

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

• Experiment

• Variable

• Theory

• Hypothesis

The amount of matter in an object.

• Volume

• Mass

• Density

• Matter

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

• Variable

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Constant