Nature of Science

The _ is an organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists.

• scientific method

• scientific law

• scientific theory

A _ is an educated guess or testable prediction

• control

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

An organized procedure for testing a hypothesis is a(n) _.

• experiment

• independent variable

• constant

A _ is a standard for comparison.

• hypothesis

• control

• dependent variable

A(n) _ is a factor that doesn't vary in an experiment.

• constant

• control

• independent variable

The factor that is adjusted by the experimenter is the _.

• control

• independent variable

• dependent variable

The factor whose value depends on the independent variable is the _.

• experiment

• constant

• dependent variable

A rule of nature that sums up related observations to describe a pattern in nature is a _.

• scientific law

• hypothesis

• scientific theory

A _ is an explanation based on experiments or the most logical explanation.

• hypothesis

• scientific law

• scientific theory

The SI base unit for temperature is _.

• Farenheit

• Celsius

• Kelvin