Chapter 1: Experimental Design REVIEW

What is the term for the study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation?

• science

• philosophy

• art

• mathematics

What do you call anyone who seeks to find an answer to a question through experimentation?

• scientist

• artist

• musician

• chef

What is an educated guess called in scientific investigations?

• hypothesis

• experiment

• observation

• conclusion

What is an explanation based on many observations during repeated experiments called?

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

• variable

• control group

What is a rule that describes the behavior of something in nature called?

• scientific law

• scientific theory

• scientific method

• scientific hypothesis

What is the application of scientific knowledge to enhance scientific investigations called?

• technology

• biology

• philosophy

• mythology

What do you call a group of letters that attach to the beginning or end of a root word?

• affix

• clause

• phrase

• conjunction

What is a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word called?

• prefix

• suffix

• root

• article

What is a group of letters attached to the end of a word called?

• suffix

• prefix

• root

• article

What is an action performed to test a hypothesis or a prediction called?

• experiment

• observation

• conclusion

• measurement