Unit 1: Science Safety

and Creating the

Science Notebook

Analyze is:To examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, and possible

results

Analyze is:

Analyze is not:

Just digging up an idea!

Inference is:

Conclusion drawn from an observation.

Inference is:

Inference is not:

Reliability is:The ability to be

depended on , as for accuracy, honesty or

achievement

Reliability is:

Rain, Snow, Sleet or Hail – the mail must be delivered.

Reliability is not:

Control is:

Factor that stays the same through all phases of an

experiment.

Control is:

Control is not:

Constant is:

Standard used for comparison in an

experiment

Constant is:

Quantitative is:

Data that is usually numbers, usually measurements with units

Quantitative is:

Quantitative is not:

Qualitative is:

Data recorded as descriptors - descriptions

Qualitative is:

Qualitative is not:

Variable is:A condition that is

changed in order to find out the effect of

that change

Variable is:

Independent Variable is:

Single factor in an experiment that the

experimenter changes.

Independent Variable is:

MIXManipulated -

Independent Variable – X-axis

To insure a fair test, a good experiment has only one

independent variable

Independent Variable is not:

Kept the same!

Dependent Variable is:

Factor that will be measured in an

experiment

Dependent Variable is:

The scientist focuses his or her observations on the dependent variable to see how it responds

to the change made to the independent variable.

DRYDependent Variable –

Responds – Y-axis

Dependent Variable is not:

Variable that is changed!!