Lab Safety/Scientific Method Vocabulary

What is a small glass tube used to hold samples of materials for lab use and experimentation?

What is uses prior knowledge to figure something out or to develop a hypothesis?

What is a variable in an experiment that the scientist observes for change or reaction (responding)?

What is a group or subject in an experiment of which all variables are kept the same so others are measured against it?

What is the first step to carrying out scientific processes; involves using at least one of the five senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell)?

What is facts or statistics gathered from experimentation?

What is data drawn from five senses?

What is a group or subject in an experiment that is tested by measuring responses to variables?

What is a variable in an experiment that remains the same throughout?

What is used to measure liquids usually to the nearest 50 mL?

What is used to display categorical data; represents changes in numerical data?

What is a systematically organized way of learning about or examining the natural world?

What is a testable statement that relies on information gathered from observations and inferences?

What is a variable in an experiment that the scientist deliberately changes (manipulated)?

What is a widely accepted hypothesis that is well supported with continued research and experimentation?

What is used to display categorical data; represents percentages of numerical data?

What is used to display categorical data; represents differences between set of numerical data?

What is data based on numerical findings?