Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz

The diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather.

• Scientific Inquiry

• Peer Review

• Scientific Method

• Experiment

Assumption based on prior experience.

• Experiment

• Scientific Inquiry

• Inference

• Scientific Theory

It describes relationships under certain conditions in nature.

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Law

• Scientific Inquiry

• Experiment

A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.

• Constant

• Scientific Inquiry

• Independent Variable

• Scientific Theory

The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

A factor being measured in a controlled experiment; its value changes because of changes to the independent variable.

• Experimental Group

• Control Group

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

In a controlled experiment, the group receiving the factor being tested.

• Variables

• Constant

• Experimental Group

• Control Group

In a controlled experiment, the group not receiving the factor being tested.

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Constant

• Dependent Variable

a factor that remains fixed during an experiment while the independent and dependent variables change.

• Observation

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant

Orderly, direct information gathering about a natural phenomenon.

• Peer Review

• Observations

• Scientific Law

• Constant