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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Hypothesis | prediction or statement that can be tested & may be formed by prior knowledge, any previous observations, & new information |
Experimental Research Design | used to answer scientific questions by testing a hypothesis through the use os a series of carefully controlled steps |
Descriptive research | answers scientific questions through observation |
Independent variable | variable that can be changed during an experiment |
Dependent variable | factor that is being measured during an experiment |
Constant | variable that stays the same during an experiment |
Control | sample that is treated like other experimental groups except that the independent variable is not applied to it |
Evaporation | process that takes place when a liquid changes to a gas |
Condensation | process that takes place when a gas changes to a liquid |
Water Cycle | model describing how water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to the surface again through evaporation, condensation, & precipitation |
Nitrogen Cycle | model describing how nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, & then back to the atmosphere |
Carbon Cycle | model describing how carbon molecules move between the living and nonliving world |
Element | substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances |
Electron | negatively-charged particle that exists in an electron cloud formation around an atom's nucleus |
Proton | positively-charged particle in the nucleus of an atom |