Scientific+Method+Tests+Review

__Scientific Method Test Review__/ Cornell Style Copy these notes. Add questions and summaries to make them Cornell Style.

1. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations.

2.__Science__ is a way of learning about the natural world or how things work.

3. Questions are the foundation of scientific inquiry.

4. Experiments are carefully done investigations that __test a hypothesis__.

5. A __hypothesis__ is a possible explanation or solution to a problem or observation.

6. Scientific Method/Scientific Inquiry: Posting a question/ Developing a hypothesis/ Designing an experiment/ Collecting and interpreting data/ Drawing conclusions/ Communicating results

__7. Variables__ are factors that can change an experiment.

8. In __controlled experiments__, only variable is purposely changed.

__9. Controlled variables__ are kept constant during an experiment.

10. The one variable purposely changed by the scientist is the __manipulated variable__.

11. The __manipulated variable__ is what is being tested.

12. The factor that changes because of the manipulated variable is called the __responding variable__.

13. The __responding variable__ is what is measured or observed.

14. A __control__ is a part of the experiment used for comparison.

15. A __control__ is usually a normal, natural, or unchanged situation without the manipulated variable.

16. Averages and graphs are used to interpret data.

__17. Conclusions__ are based on data and include results indicating if the hypothesis is supported or not.

18. Manipulated variable = Independent variable Responding variable = Dependent variable Controlled variables = Controlled parameters Controls = Control group