Questions, Variables, and Predictions (VCE SSCE Physics): Flashcards

Factor deliberately changed/manipulated in an experiment

What you observe/measure in response to independent variable

Factors kept constant throughout the experiment

Original information you collect firsthand

Information someone else has already collected

Numerical values that can be measured and counted

Non-numerical information describing qualities

Explanation repeatedly confirmed through experimental evidence

Statement describing/predicting a phenomenon

Laws describe what happens; theories explain why