Unit 0 Vocabulary

What is the branch of science that deals with living organisms and life processes?

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Biology

• Geology

What is an idea or conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning based on what is already known?

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Conclusion

Using one or more of the five senses to state a fact or occurrence of something is called?

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Inference

• Conclusion

What is a statement about what might happen based on facts or evidence?

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Prediction

• Conclusion

What is an idea or explanation that is tested through study and experimentation and must be testable?

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Inference

• Conclusion

What is made after an experiment is conducted and involves comparing the results to the hypothesis?

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Inference

• Conclusion

What term describes any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types?

• Variable

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Observation

What are quantities that remain constant in an experiment and do not change from one experiment to another?

• Independent Variables

• Dependent Variables

• Controlled Variables

• Experimental Variables

What is the variable that is changed or manipulated in an experiment?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Controlled Variable

• Experimental Variable

What is measured in the experiment and is affected by the independent variable?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Controlled Variable

• Experimental Variable