Test Taking Words

2. A physical representation of data.
5. A type of list that organizes information in rows and columns.
6. A guess based on facts.
10. A belief that something is true without checking its validity.
13. The situation within which something is said or done.
15. A form of faulty logic in which a conclusion is based on insufficent evidence.
16. To examine something in order to judge its significance.
17. To identify how things are alike.
19. Expressing unstated ideas that are logically connected to give information.
23. To determine the importance, adequacy, or significance of something.
25. Something that can be proven true.
26. A procedure that is designed to test a hypothesis
28. Something that makes something else (an effect) happen.
29. Taking information learned one set of circumstances and using it in another situation.
31. Mistake in an investigation, including inaccuracy of measuring instruments and sampling.
32. Errors in reasoning.
33. A fact or idea that is suggested by stated information.
34. A form of faulty logic in which something is so simplified so much that it becomes incorrect.
37. A reasonable explanation of evidence or a prediction based on evidence.
38. A visual representation of data.

1. The addition of newly acquired evidence to facts that are already known.
3. The sentence that contains the main idea in a paragraph.
4. To suggest something without actually stating it.
7. A logical result or generalization.
8. Observations, measurements, and other facts that back up a conclusion.
9. Anything that sways an experiment's results in a way that makes them inaccurate.
11. A form of faulty logic which a conclusion is supported by reasons that simply restate the conclusion.
12. To use different words and phrases to express the same idea.
14. Information that includes any facts that do not directly a person's decision.
18. A personal belief that is often on a person's own value system.
20. To figure out something that is suggested by stated information.
21. A fact or idea that you figure out based on stated information.
22. To condense or shorten a larger amount of information into a few sentences.
24. The central topic of a paragraph, passage, or diagram.
26. A result of an action or condition.
27. Information that includes facts that directly affect a person's decision.
30. A picture or an illustration that shows information.
35. The order in which things happen.
36. Observations and data from experiments that support or oppose a stated point of view.