Scientific Method Vocab
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| scientific method | organized set of investigation procedures that can include stating a problem, forming a hypothesis, researching and gathering information, testing a hypothesis, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.
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| hypothesis | educated guess using what you know and what you observe.
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| experiment | organized procedure for testing a hypothesis; tests the effect of one thing on another under controlled conditions.
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| variable | factor that can cause a change in the results of an experiment.
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| dependent variable | factor that changes as a result of changes in other variables.
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| independent variable | factor that, as it changes, affects the measure of another variable.
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| constant | in an experiment, a variable that does not change when other variables change.
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| control | standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment.
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| bias | occurs when a scientist´s expectations change how the results of an experiment are viewed.
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| model | can be used to represent an idea, object, or event that is too big, too small, too complex, or too dangerous to observe or test directly.
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| theory | explanation of things or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
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| scientific law | statement about what happens in nature that seems to be true all the time; does not explain why or how something happens.
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| technology | application of science to help people.
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| standard | exact, agreed-upon quantity used for comparison
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| SI | International System of Units- the improved, universally accepted version of the metric system that is based on multiples of ten and includes the meter, (m) liter, (L) kilogram (kg).
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| volume | amount of space occupied by an object.
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| mass | amount of matter in an object.
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| density | mass per unit volume of a material.
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