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Si Method
Term | Definition |
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Science | A way of learning about the natural world and the knowledge gained through that process |
Scientific inquiry | The diverse ways in which scentist explore promblems and seek to answer questions about the natural world |
Observation | Using all 5 senses to gather information |
Inference | an interpretation based on observation and prior knowledge |
hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or an answer to a scientfic question |
Controlled expeirement | an expeirement in which all factors except one are kept contstant |
Variable | any factor that can change in a experiment |
manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientest changes during an expeirement, also called the independent variable |
responding variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes made by the manipulated variable in an expeirement also called the dependent variable |
data | the facts figures, and other evidence gained through observation |
purpose | question/objective what do u want to know? |
research | need background knowledge: Google,ask an expert,books,make observations |
hypothesis | educated guess before doing an expeirement |
expeirement | a test to find the answer to the orginal question step |