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Scientific Method
Term | Definition |
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Qualitative Data | Data that is collected using the five senses: smell, taste, see, hear, and touch |
Quantitative Data | Data that is collected using measurements: meters, liters, grams, counting, temperature |
Scientific Method | Ways to solve problems that can include step-by-step plans, making models, and carefully thought-out experiments |
Model | Represents something that is too big, too small, too dangerous, too time consuming, or too expensive to observe directly |
Hypothesis | Prediction or statement that can be tested and may be formed by prior knowledge, any previous observations, and new information |
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 |