Scientific Method Vocabulary

Controlled experiment-An experiment that compares a test with a variable to a test that did not contain the variable.

Control-experiment that does not contain the variable.

Variable-the factor being tested in the experiment. It should be the one thing that is different in your experiments.

Constants-the factors that stayed the same in both experiments.

Data: recorded observations and measurements

Hypothesis-an educated guess. It is what you think will happen when you run your experiment with the variable.