Essential Science Vocabulary - ACT Science

What is a negative correlation?

What does it mean if two variables are inversely proportional?

What does directly proportional mean?

What does it mean if data 'fluctuates'?

What does 'trend' mean in data?

What does it mean if a graph 'plateaus'?

If a graph shows a steep slope, what does that mean?

If a line on a graph is horizontal, what does that show?

If two lines on a graph both go up together, what type of correlation is that?

What is a hypothesis?

What is the independent variable?

What is the dependent variable?

What is a control group?

What is a constant (controlled variable)?

What does 'sample size' mean?

What is replication in an experiment?

What is experimental error?

What is the purpose of a data table?

What does the x-axis on a graph usually represent?