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expirement
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weight | is a mesureof the pull of gravity |
| mass | is the amount of matter in a object |
| measurement | describes a quantity such as time,length,distance,mass,volume,or temperture |
| 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 expirement/investigation |
| quantitative data | dat that includes numbers {with units} mesured during an expirement |
| qualitative data | data that include descriptions of things you observe |
| hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an expirement |
| dependent variable | the factor{thing} that is being measured observed in an experiment |
| independent variable | is the one factor {thing} that is changed during an experiment |
| control variable | variable that stays the same during an experiment |