List 1 Vocabulary

Biology

• well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses, and enables scientists to make accurate predications about new situations.

• factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called manipulated variable

• process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way

• the study of life

control group      

• variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called responding variable

• experiment in which only one variable is changed

• group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable

• factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called manipulated variable

inference    

• particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific

• evidence; information gathered from observations

• process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way

• a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

hypothesis

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question

• particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific

• evidence; information gathered from observations

• relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain.

controlled experiment

• experiment in which only one variable is changed

• group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable

• factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called manipulated variable

• evidence; information gathered from observations

dependent variable

• a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

• factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called manipulated variable

• variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called responding variable

• experiment in which only one variable is changed

independent variable 

• a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

• factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called manipulated variable

• variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called responding variable

• experiment in which only one variable is changed

observation

• a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

• the study of life

• evidence; information gathered from observations

• process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way

theory   

• possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question

• a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

• well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses, and enables scientists to make accurate predications about new situations.

• particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific

data

• variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called responding variable

• evidence; information gathered from observations

• the study of life

• experiment in which only one variable is changed