7B

Variable
A. The independent variable is the one that we change and the dependent varies directly to it. Consider a function, your x-values are the ones that you can control by selection and the y-value is what you get when you input the x-value into the function. To define just a variable it is usually just a symbol used to define an unknown quantity that has the potential to change; it can be separated into the above categories.

Scientific Attitudes
A. Curiosity B. Critical-mindedness C. Objectivity D. Open-mindedness E. Honesty

F. Humility
G. Hard work and Persistence H. Risk-taking I. Inventiveness/Creativity

Consensus
A. An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole.

Collaboration
A. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. B. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

Environmentally Sensitive
A. To be friendly to the environment. B. Potentially dangerous to the environment.

Superstition
A. To be superstitious

Applied Research
A. Investigation of the findings of 'pure' or basic research, to determine if they could be used to develop new products or technologies. Also, the research conducted to solve specific problems or to answer specific questions. In accounting for research and development costs, the development costs may be carried forward but the basic and applied research costs are often written off as incurred.

Good phsical coordination

Physiology. Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in the execution of movements.

Scientific Hunch
A.If you have a feeling how something is going to turn out but you have no proof yet.

Basic research
A. Basic research is the foundation research.

Investigation skills
locate, select, analyse, and integrate information on topics under study, working independently and as part of a team, and using appropriate library and electronic research tools, including Internet sites;

Theoretical physics
A. Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimental tools to probe these phenomena.

Antibiotic
A. A medicine against bacterial infections.

Control Setup (of an experiment)

A. The constant control set up is where you have every thing "normal" to use to compare your experimental set up with the variable to. This has no variables and is always constant.

For example if you wanted to see if plants would grow faster watered with sugar water or plain tap water, your constant control set up would be the plant watered with plain water. Since this is the "normal" condition with no changes it is the control setup.

Additionally there are two kinds of controls, positive and negative. Positive controls will have an indication or contain the specific substance that the test or instrument is used for. On the other hand, negative controls don't contain that specific substance or instrument. For example if you were testing the effects of aspirin on inflammation and you gave a group, 20 mgs of a placebo, that would be a negative control. Opposite to that would be a positive control, if you were testing the same thing and instead gave the group 20 mgs of the aspirin.

Hypothesis
A. A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.

B. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption.

C. The antecedent of a conditional statement.