Unit 1 Safety and Scientific Method

A situation or state of affairs that does not change.

A sign used to alert you to a possible sources of accidents in an investigations.

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

The factor that changes as a result of changes to manipulated or independent variable.

An experiment where the data cannot be expressed in numbers.

A group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under study.

A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to question; must be testable

An interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge.

The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past information.

The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.

The ability to problem solve, or think in a step-by-step method.