Unit 1 Biology Vocabulary Practice

The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Controlled Experiment

Logical Interpretation based on what scientist already know

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Controlled Experiment

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

A tentative scientific explanation that can be further tested by observation or by experimentation

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Controlled Experiment

A experiment when all variables besides ONE should be unchanged or controlled

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Controlled Experiment

The variable changed..

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

The variable measured..

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

A group that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for the changes in the independent variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

Measurements or observations recorded during an experiment.

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

• Data

Numerical data

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

Data recorded by using the senses.

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data