Unit 1 Vocabulary - Experimental Design

The expected outcome based on the hypothesis - says what will happen in an experiment if the hypothesis is correct

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

• Constant

• Control

A testable prediction - idea about how something works that can be tested using experiments

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

Does not change in an experiment

• Hypothesis

• Independent Varialbe

• Constant

• Control

The “normal” group in an experiment that is used to compare the results

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant

• Control

The “data” that is measured at the end of an experiment (the Y axis)

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

• Control

What “I” as the scientist can control and set up at the beginning of the experiment (the X axis)

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

• Prediction