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Scientific Method201
experement
Term | Definition |
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weight | is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object |
mass | is the amount of matter in a object |
measurement | describes a quantity such as time, length, distance, mass, volume, or tempeture |
experiment | is a test or trial that produces evidence you can use to help answer a question/hypothesis |
data | collected information, the results of an experiment/investigation |
qualitative data | data that include descriptions of thingsyou observe |
hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an experiment |
dependent variable | the factor(thing) that is being measured in an experiment |
independent variable | is the one factor(thing) that is changed during an experiment |
control variable | variable that says the same during an experiment |
quantitative data | data that includes numbers (with units) measured during an experiment |