Chapter 1 Vocabulary Key Terms and Sci methods

A group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

• Control

• Data

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• Hypothesis

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

• Data

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• Hypothesis

What you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment. Responding variable.

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

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A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

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• Law

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Is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation. Educated guess.

• Hypothesis

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• Theory

Is the factor that you purposely change or control in order to see what effect it has. Manipulated variable.

• Independent variable

• Theory

• Dependent variable

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Labels or symbols that are meaningful and recognizable graphical symbols that warn of or identify hazards associated with the location or item.

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• Ethics

• Technology

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A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

• Scientific methods

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• Quantitative

• Qualitative

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Is a well-tested, broad explanation of a natural phenomenon such as the sun rising.

• Theory

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Are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena, such as gravity. It is proved.

• Law

• data

• control

• scientific method

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