WorksheetsScientific Method vocabulary BIO @NHS
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The only part of an experiment that is different between the experimental group & the control group; this is what the experiment is actually testing.
control group
experimental group
variable
constants
What stays the same in your experiment
control group
experimental group
variable
constants
The group to compare to after the experiment is over; the “normal” conditions, without the variable changed.
control group
experimental group
variable
constants
The group with the variable being tested
control group
experimental group
variable
constants
A testable prediction that drives an experiment
hypothesis
placebo
bias
conclusion
When our expectations affect how we observe or interpret what actually happens.
hypothesis
placebo
bias
conclusion
a judgement or decision made by reasoning
hypothesis
placebo
bias
conclusion
Sugar pill given to the control group in an experiment; so they don’t know they’re the control group.
hypothesis
placebo
bias
conclusion
An hypothesis that has been tested many times & gives the same results time and time again; so that it is generally accepted by scientists.
placebo
experimental error
variable
theory
Any reason why an experiment’s results are not perfectly measured or observed.
placebo
variable
experimental error
theory
