Glossary for the Science Fair Handbook
Word	Definition
Bulleted list	A list of items in which the order does not matter.
Conclusion	The final step in the scientific method in which the whole experiment is summed up and the hypothesis is determined to be correct or incorrect.
Controlled Variables	All the things that you are trying to keep the same from one experimental group to another.
Data table	A list of measurements or information obtained from a scientific experiment
Deadline	The absolute last day you can turn something in.
Dependant Variable	The changes that you observe or measure in an experiment.
Evidence	Facts or observations that determine if something is true or valid.
Hypothesis	A prediction or guess about the outcome of an experiment that contains some sort of reason justification (an educated guess).
Independent Variable	The ONE thing that you change in an experiment (it is what you are testing).
Inference	Guessing what happened or will happen based on your observations.
Investigatable	A question that can be answered using the Scientific Method
Numbered list	A list of items that has a specific order of events.
Observation	Gathering information using the senses.
Prediction	Trying to guess what is going to happen based on your observations.
Research	The act of looking up information on a subject in order to gather facts.
Scientific Method	A way to answer a question that involves asking a question, stating a hypothesis, conducting an experiment, gathering data, and drawing conclusions.
Unit	The type of measurement that you use to measure something.
Variable	Something that changes in an experiment.
X- Axis	The horizontal line in a graph, it usually consists of your independent variable.
Y-Axis	The vertical line in a graph, it always consists of your dependant variable.