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Scientific Method
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weight | is a measure of gravity on a object |
| mass | is the amount of matter in a object |
| measurement | describes a quantity such as time,lenght,distance,mass,volume,or temperature |
| expirement | is a test or trial that produces evidence you can use to help answer a question/hypothesis |
| data | collected information,the results of an experiment/investigation |
| quantitative data | data that includes numbers(with uniths) measured during an experiment |
| qualitative data | data that incude descriptions of things you observe |
| hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an experiment |
| dependent variable | the factor (thing) that is being measured in a experiment |
| independent variable | is the one factor (thing) that is changed during an experiment |
| control variable | variable that stays the same during an experiment |