Vocabulary Practice: Nature of Science

Observations made on the qualities of the object (Example: The car is red. The flower smells like a rose.)

• Quantitative observation

• Inference

• Qualitative observation

• Constant

The variable that is measured or the outcome of the experiment is known as the _____ variable

A summary based on evidence or facts is known as the:

• Qualitative observation

• Quantitative observation

• Experimental group

• Conclusion

The pencil is 3.5 centimeters long. This is an example of a _____ observation

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Conclusion

• Constant

The group that does not receive the change (IV) in the experiment is known as the _____ group. It's used as a comparison in the experiment.

• Experimental

• Control

• Constant

• Dependent

The process used to ask and answer questions about the natural world is known as:

• Experimental Investigation

• Observational Investigation

• Qualitative observations

• Scientific Inquiry

A testable prediction to a scientific question. (Written as an 'If...then...' statement)

The one variable that I, the experimenter, change in an experiment is known as the _____ variable.

Scientists use _____ trials to ensure validity in the results of the experiment. This gives a more accurate result.

• repeated

• control

• experimental

• constant

The group receiving the change (IV) in the experiment is known as the ____ group.

• control

• main

• special

• experimental