1. Experimental Design
Vocabulary

2. ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
HYPOTHESIS
A PREDICTION OF THE
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
OFTEN “IF, THEN”

3. WHAT THE INVESTIGATOR CHANGES. GRAPHED ON THE X AXIS
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
WHAT THE INVESTIGATOR CHANGES. GRAPHED ON THE X AXIS

4. DEPENDENT VARIABLE
WHAT IS BEING MEASURED. IT RESPONDS TO CHANGES THAT ARE MADE.GRAPHED ON THE Y AXIS.

5. The group that doesn’t get changed. It is used for comparison.
CONTROL GROUP
The group that doesn’t get changed. It is used for comparison.

6. GROUPS THAT HAVE THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE APPLIED TO THEM.
EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS
GROUPS THAT HAVE THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE APPLIED TO THEM.

7. CONSTANTS
ALL THE FACTORS THAT ARE KEPT THE SAME IN AN EXPERIMENT (LIGHT LEVEL, TEMPERATURE).

8. TRIALS
THE TIMES THAT YOU REPEAT YOUR EXPERIMENT. MORE IS BETTER, SINCE IT GIVES A BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE).

9. DATA TRENDS
PATTERNS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR DATA, ESPECIALLY IN GRAPHS & DATA TABLES.