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Scientific Inquiry
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Qualitative measurement | where words are used to describe changes |
Quantitative measurement | where numbers are used to measure changes |
Inference | act of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true |
Deduction | the act of understanding something based on evidence |
Scientific law | describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
scientific theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
manipulated variable | changed on purpose in the experiment |
responding variable | one that is observed in the experiment |
inquire and inquiry | to ask for information |
variable | any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types |
constants | stays the same |
control level | something you compare everything else to |
trials | how many times you do an experiment |
problem | question the experimenter tries to answer |
investigation | another way to describe an experiment |
purpose | reason why the experiment is done |
hypothesis | an educated guess as to the outcome of the experiment |
data | information recorded during an experiment often in the form of facts, figures, and observations |
observations | gathered using our five senses, seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling. |
result | outcome of the experiment |
evidence | proof |
truth | what evidence tries to prove |
interpretation | meaning or the importance of the results of an experiment. |
conclusion | results and summary of an experiment based on the data that is gathered. |