Scientific Method and Graphing Vocab Practice Quiz

True/False: the point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect on the coordinate plane -> original

• True

• False

True/False: A conclusion reached on basis of evidence and reasoning -> inference

• True

• False

True/False: A measure of the relationship between two variables -> circle graph

• True

• False

True/False: A visual display of information or data -> graph

• True

• False

True/False: Information describing color, odor, shape or some other physical characteristic -> quantitative data

• True

• False

A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time

• Correlation

• Line graph

• Dependent variable

• Bar graph

The variable that a researcher actively manipulates, and if the hypothesis is correct, will cause a change in the dependent variable

• Independent Variable

• Inference

• Dependent Variable

• Multiple trials

The vertical number line in a coordinate plane and where the dependent variable is located

• y-axis

• origin

• x-axis

• graph

A variable that changes as a result of the independent variable

• Dependent Variable

• Qualitative data

• Scientific method

• Quantitative data

In an experiment, the standard that is used for comparison

• Control

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Conclusion