Scientific Method Vocabulary

Factors that are kept the same, except for the factor being tested.

• constant

• observation

• independent variable

• dependent variable

A proposed answer to a question.

• problem

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• research

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The experimental factor that is manipulated or changed; the variable whose effect is being studied

• inference

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is a ____________________.

• conclusion

• procedures

• materials

• responding variable

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data

• conclusions

• notebook

• inquiry

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-2

A _________________ is a test that is performed to support or disprove a hypothesis.

• Observation

• Experiment

• Classifying

• Guessing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The variable that is measured in an experiment

• Dependent

• Independent

• Control

• Constant

The data that comes from an experiment.

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Results

• Control

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

an educated guess based on evidence and research

• observation

• inference

• experiment

• hypothesis

When you keep same conditions for each experimental group.

• Control

• Hypothesis

• Constant

• Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2