Unit 1- Scientific Method/ Metric System

What are the three base units of measurement in the metric system?

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

Always in form of a question; the question we are trying to answer by doing the experiment.

Testing an idea or hypothesis through a controlled investigation

Numbers obtained by counting or measuring

Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes; the cause

Data that is descriptive and involves characteristics that cannot be counted.

A step-by-step set of instructions written to conduct an investigation and to identify what data will be collected and h

The process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful orderly way.

This is an educated guess, or testable prediction

Part of the experiment where you analyze the data and determine if your hypothesis is correct

A series of steps scientists use to solve problems and answer questions

The factor in an experiment that changes as a result of the manipulation of the IV. #Data

In an experiment, the group that is kept under normal conditions is called the _________.