Question

Match the following terms with their definitions.

Column A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Constant
Control Group
Dependent Variable
Experimental Group
Hypothesis
Independent Variable
Inference
Observation
Question.
Variables
Column B
a. Variables that do not change throughout an
experiment.
b. To narrow the focus of the inquiry and to identify the
problem in specific terms.
c. Factors that can change throughout an experiment
like temperature, light, time, and availability of
nutrients.
d. The group in an experiment that receives the variable
being tested.
e. Is/are the variable(s) that are observed and that
change in response to the manipulated variable.
f. A scientific explanation for a set of observation that
can be tested in ways that support or reject it.
g. A variable that is deliberately changed in an
experiment.
h. The act of noticing and describing events or
processes in a careful, orderly way.
i. A logical interpretation based on what scientists
already know.
j. Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental
group except for one independent variable.

Answer 1

Answers:

Constant. a. Variables that do not change throughout an

experiment.

Control Group. j. Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental

group except for one independent variable.

Dependent Variable. e. Is/are the variable(s) that are observed and that

change in response to the manipulated variable.

Experimental Group. d. The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.

Hypothesis. f. A scientific explanation for a set of observation that

can be tested in ways that support or reject it.

Independent Variable.

Independent Variable. g. A variable that is deliberately changed in an

experiment.

Inference. i. A logical interpretation based on what scientists

already know.

Observation. h. The act of noticing and describing events or

processes in a careful, orderly way.

Question. b. To narrow the focus of the inquiry and to identify the

problem in specific terms.

Variables. c. Factors that can change throughout an experiment

like temperature, light, time, and availability of

nutrients.