Flashcards › Unit 1 Vocabulary (Scientific Method)

a person who studies about the natural world around them. scientist a process that helps people ask questions about the world around them science the application of science to make products or tools that people can use. technology answers scientific questions through observation descriptive research answers scientific questions through research experimental research steps to follow to try to solve a problem scientific methods a tentative explanation for an observation that can be tested scientifically hypothesis a factor that purposely is changed by the experimenter independent variable a factor that may change as a result of changes purposely made to the independent variable dependent variable variables that stay the same constants a sample that is treated like the other experimental groups except that the independent variable is not applied to it. control when technology is applied to living organisms, it is refered to as biotechnology this person takes scientific information to solve a problem or to mass produce a product engineer a limiting factor in a design such as a maximum speed of production contraint a scaled down version of the real production equipment that closely models actual manufactoring conditions pilot plant Correlates with 6th Grade, Science, TN standards.