Vocabulary Quiz - Chapter 1, Lessons 1, 2, and 3

What is scientific inquiry?

• The way in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

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What is a hypothesis?

• A method of investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

• A testable idea or a possible answer to a scientific question

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

What is a variable?

• A method of investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

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What is an independent variable?

• A method of investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that is purposely changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

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What is a dependent variable?

• A method of investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that may change is being measured or observed in an experiment

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What is a controlled experiment?

• An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

What is data?

• Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observation and/or experimentation

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

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What is a scientific theory?

• A method of investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

• A tentative explanation supported by evidence. A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

What is a scientific law?

• A method of investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A description of how the world works. It describes what scientists expect to happen

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What is skepticism?

• An attitude of having doubt

• A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon

• A factor that can be changed or manipulated in an experiment

• A factor that is being measured or observed in an experiment

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