Science SOL Review

forecast about what may happen in a

situation

• Prediction

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

• Inference

prediction about the relationship

between variables

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Prediction

• Inference

conclusion based on evidence about

events that have already occurred

• Inference

• Prediction

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

fair test driven by a hypothesis

• Experiment

• Prediction

• Hypothesis

• Inference

Volume of soda needed for 5 people

• Liter

• Gram

• Kilograms

• Inches

Distance from here to Tennessee

• Kilometer

• Meter

• Milliliter

• Liter

The “I” change part of the experiment (changed on purpose)

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Constant/

  Controlled

change depends on the independent variable (what’s measured)

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant/

  Controlled

kept the same on purpose so that it doesn’t alter results

• Constant/

  Controlled

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

how fast or slow an object is moving

• Speed

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Friction