Scientific Practices Quiz

the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information:

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

• Independent Variable

• Observation

• Model

an idea about how something works that can be tested using experiments.

• Hypothesis

• Dependent Variable

• Model

• Independent Variable

• Constant

What variable is a variable that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

• Observation

• Independent Variable

• Model

What variable is the variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

• Model

• Independent Variable

• Observation

a situation or state of affairs that does not change:

• Dependent Variable

• Model

• Constant

• Independent Variable

• Observation

in a scientific experiment is a group separated from the rest of the experiment, where the independent variable being tested cannot influence the results.

• Model

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

information that describes characteristics or qualities about something.

• Model

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Inference

• Constant

an explanation for why things work or how things happen

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Scientific Theory

• Model

• Dependent Variable

The representation of a phenomenon, a system, a process, or a solution to an engineering problem which helps people visualize or understand a concept.

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Observation

• Dependent Variable

• Model

A logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

• Inference

• Model

• Independent Variable