Unit 1 Exp Design CB

Question 1

Testable question

Answer 1

Questions that can be answered by using experimental inquiry and observing the natural world.

Question 2

Non-testable question

Answer 2

Questions that cannot be answered with experimental inquiry.

Question 3

Quantitative

Answer 3

Something relating to the quantity of something. Measuring something’s quantity rather than its quality.

Question 4

Trials

Answer 4

Something to try out or an experiment to test the quality.

Question 5

Qualitative

Answer 5

Something relating to the quality of something. Measuring something’s quality rather than its quantity.

Question 6

Observation

Answer 6

A comment after observing something or looking at something.

Question 7

Empirical evidence

Answer 7

An answer obtained by observation and documentation.

Question 8

Data

Answer 8

Information gained from an experiment or analysis

Question 9

Models in science

Answer 9

A model that you use for experiments to find a way to a solution.

Question 10

Analogy

Answer 10

A comparison between two things that are used for clarification

Question 11

Prototype

Answer 11

The first model that is created,mostly machines.

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

Something that you think will happen in the experiment. a thought you think the result will be before the experiment starts.

Question 13

Variable

Answer 13

Anything that can be changed o measured

Question 14

Prodecure

Answer 14

An official way of doing something.

Question 15

Precision

Answer 15

The quality, condition or to be exact or accurate.

Question 16

Accuracy

Answer 16

The state of something be precise or correct.

Question 17

Scientific method

Answer 17

Finding answers from experiments and testing.

Question 18

Control

Answer 18

An element that remains unchanged or unaffected by other variables.

Question 19

Constant

Answer 19

The factors that don’t change in an experiment

Question 20

Predict

Answer 20

A possible outcome in an experiment based on logical reasoning.

Question 21

Infer

Answer 21

An informed guess on science or scientific relationships.

Question 22

Independent variable

Answer 22

A variable that doesn’t change by the other variables and stands alone.

Question 23

Dependent variable

Answer 23

The one you measure and the variable that affected.

Question 24

Manipulated variable

Answer 24

A factor that is purposefully and specifically changed by the experimenter.

Question 25

Responding variable

Answer 25

A variable that is measured from the results of the experiment.

Question 26

Sample size

Answer 26

the number is participant or observations included in a study.

Question 27

Validity

Answer 27

How accurate a method measures what it intended to measure.

Question 28

Trends in data

Answer 28

The general direction of change in a variable.

Question 29

Correlation

Answer 29

The relationship between variables.

Question 30

Variability

Answer 30

The state of changing regularly on unpredictability.

Question 30

Mass

Answer 30

The amount of matter contained in the body.

Question 31

Volume

Answer 31

The amount of space the object takes up.

Question 32

Weight

Answer 32

The force exerted on a body by gravity.

Question 33

Percent

Answer 33

Out of each hundred or per hundred.

Question 33

Rate

Answer 33

Rate of change.

Question 34

Ratio

Answer 34

A way of comparing two or more quantities.

Question 35

Line graph

Answer 35

Best for showing change over time

Question 36

Bar graph

Answer 36

Best for comparing different groups.

Question 37

Pie graph

Answer 37

Best for comparing parts of the whole.

Question 38

Scatter plot

Answer 38

Best to show non-linear patterns.

Question 39

Claim

Answer 39

Something they couldn't be true and could be false.

Question 40

Evidence

Answer 40

What you get from something and use it to provide for the claim. To help the claim.

Question 41

Reasoning

Answer 41

The process of thinking through something to come to a conclusion.

Question 41

Theory

Answer 41

Something that seems right but you don't know if it's true or not. " It's just a theory, a game theory >:) "

Question 42

Bias

Answer 42

A personal and often unseasoned judgement, like a one side argument.