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Social Living Unit 1
Scientific Method vocabulary words
Term | Definition |
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analyze | to study something to find out what it is or what makes it work. |
Conclusion | The last part of something |
control | To have power over |
data | information gathered by an experiment |
evidence | proof that something is true |
experiment | a test made to find out about something |
graph | a diagram that by means of dots and lines shows a system of relationships between things. |
Hypothesis | something not proved but assumed to be true |
Investigation | to study by close and careful observation |
magnify | to enlarge |
measure | to find out the size or amount of |
microscope | an instrument with one or more lenses used to help a person to see something very small by making it appear larger |
observe | to watch carefully |
predict | to figure out and tell ahead of time. |
procedure | the order things are done in |
record | to write or print something for permanent evidence. |
telescope | an instrument shaped like a long tube that has lenses for viewing objects at a distance and especially for observing objects in outer space. |
variable | something that changes a test result |
senses | sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. A special function of the body that involves the action and effect of a stimulus on a sense organ. |
result | an outcome |