Scientific Investigation and Reasoning
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| descriptive investigation | A method of scientific exploration in which a hypothesis is not required.
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| comparative investigation | A lab investigation that follows a plan to determine how changing one variable affects results; compares two or more things. You will manipulate a variable and form a hypothesis. Example:which shoe will hold up better on the basketball court?
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| experimental investigation | a method of scientific exploration with a set hypothesis and controlled conditions
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| science | An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural and man-made world.
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| observation | Information obtained through the senses.
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| inference | A logical conclusion based on observations with past knowledge and experience
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| collect | gather data
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| record | saving data through written or technological devices
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| safety | being protected from or unlikely to cause danger
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| Corrosive | eating away gradually usually by chemicals (acid and bases)
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| Flammable | Able to catch fire easily
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| Flush | to spray or wash away
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| irritant | a substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body
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| qualitative | Data in the form of words through senses
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| quantitative | Data that is in numbers
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| variable | A factor that can change in an experiment
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| independent variable | a factor that can is changed or manipulated or the variable whose effect is being studied
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| dependent variable | The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of another variable.
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| controlled variable | Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely keeps the same
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| controlled experiment | An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
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| theory | A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data and is reliable
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| hypothesis | A proposed answer to a question or a testable prediction or an educated guess
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