VS

1.4 Biotechnology

  • Data – information gathered from experimentation

  • Hypothesis – an educated guess to answer scientific question; should be testable

  • Variable – anything that can vary in an experiment; the independent variable is tested in an experiment to see its effect on dependent variables

  • Control – an experimental trial added to an experiment to ensure that the experiment was run properly; see positive control and negative control

  • Positive control – a group of data that will give predictable positive results

  • Negative control – a group of data that will give predictable negative results

  • Concentration – the amount of a substance as a proportion of another substance; usually how much mass in some amount of volume

  • Journals – scientific periodicals or magazines in which scientists publish their experimental work, findings, or conclusions