Scientific Experiments

Hypothesis

• A substance used in an experiment

• A testable prediction or educated guess

• The result of an experiment

• A tool used to measure quantities

Independent Variable

• The factor that the scientist changes or controls

• The result that is measured

• The group in an experiment where the independent variable is not applied

• The process of repeating an experiment

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

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Dependent Variable

• The variable that remains constant throughout the experiment

• The factor that the scientist changes or controls

• The outcome or result that is measured in response to changes in the independent variable

• A tool used in scientific research

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Control Group

• The group in an experiment where the independent variable is applied

• The group in an experiment where the independent variable is not applied

• The process of repeating an experiment

• The variable that is measured in an experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Experimental Group

• The variable that remains constant throughout the experiment

• The group in an experiment where the independent variable is not applied

• The process of repeating an experiment

• The group in an experiment where the independent variable is applied

Axis

• A line or reference point used for measuring or plotting data on a graph

• The outcome or result of an experiment

• The process of repeating an experiment

• The group in which the experiment is not conducted

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Plot

• The design or layout of an experiment

• The set of all possible outcomes in a statistical experiment

• The representation of data points on a graph

• The independent variable in an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Scale

• A tool used to weigh objects

• The range of values used on an axis in a graph

• The process of repeating an experiment

• The outcome or result of an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Origin

• The starting point or (0,0) on a graph

• The process of beginning an experiment

• The first organism in an evolutionary sequence

• A prediction made before an experiment

Trend

• A fashionable movement or change

• A pattern or direction observed in plotted data on a graph

• The variable that remains constant throughout an experiment

• A tool used in scientific research

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