Environmental Science Vocab 2

Principles or standards we consider important

A logical statement about what will happen if the hypothesis is correct

Is a verbal or graphical explanation of how a system works or is organized.

The chance that something will happen

the group that receives the experimental treatment is call Experimental Group.

The information that a scientist gathers during an experiment, which often in numeric form.

a testable idea or explanation that leads to a scientific investigation.

Is a conceptual model that provides a systematic process for making decisions.

a piece of information we gather using our senses our sight, hearing, smell, and touch.

The group that does not receives the experimental treatment is called the Control Group

The collection and classification of data that are in the form of numbers

Is one or more equations that represent the way a system or process works.

A group of individuals or events selected to represent the population

Are representations of objects or systems.

Number obtained by adding the data for a characteristic and dividing it by number of individual

the relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population.

The probability of an unwanted outcome

Is the factor of interest, which, in our example, would be the level of phosphate in the water.

A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

a procedure designed to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions.