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Scientific M study
Scientific Method Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Observation | The action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information |
| Qualitative Observation | Observation is either an activity of a living being, such as a human, consisting of receiving knowledge of the outside world through the senses |
| Quantitative Observation | Observation is either an activity of a living being, such as a human, consisting of receiving knowledge of the outside world through numbers or measurments |
| Infrence | Educated Guess |
| Science | systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation |
| Variables | capable of being varied or changed; alterable |
| Independant Variables | The variable that is changed |
| Dependant Variables | The result of the Independant Variable |
| Hypothesis | a mere assumption or guess |