Vocab L3

Question 1

A statement of what will happen next in a series of events

Answer 1

Prediction

Question 2

Factors in an experiment that do not change

Answer 2

Constant

Question 3

The factor you observe or measure during an experiment

Answer 3

Dependent variable

Question 4

The factor you want to test; it is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects the dependent variable

Answer 4

Independent variable

Question 5

Model

Answer 5

A smaller recreation or prototype of something to test a hypothesis

Question 6

Used to study how a change in the independent variable changes the dependent variable.

Answer 6

Experimental group

Question 7

Uses words to describe what is observed

Answer 7

Qualitative data

Question 8

Uses numbers to describe what is observed

Answer 8

Quantitative data

Question 9

Any factor that can have more than one value

Answer 9

Variable

Question 10

Contains the same factors as the experimental group, but the independent variable is not changed.

Answer 10

Control group