FOB Chapter 1 Vocab

The process of noticing

and describing events or processes

in a careful, orderly way.

• observation

• inference

• hypothesis

• spectating

A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Guessing

• Control group

A possible explanation

for a set of observations or possible

answer to a scientific question.

• Inference

• data

• Theory

• Hypothesis

An experiment in which only one

variable is changed.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Controlled Experiment

• bias

A factor

in a controlled experiment that is

deliberately changed; also called

manipulated variable

• Independent Variable

• Independent Vegetable

• Dependent Variable

• Hypothesis

A variable

that is observed and that changes

in response to the independent

variable; also called the responding

variable.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Dependent Variation

• Homostasis

A group in an

experiment that is exposed

to the same conditions as the

experimental group except for

one independent variable.

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Placebo

• Control Group

Evidence or information

gathered from observations.

• Data

• Beta

• Theory

• Bias

Well-tested explanation

that unifies a broad range of

observations and hypotheses, and

enables scientists to make accurate

predications about new situation

• Theory

• Bias

• Data

• Observations

A particular preference or

point of view that is personal,

rather than scientific.

• Theory

• Date

• Bias

• Hypothesis